TORONTO -- A group of scientists warned Thursday that disposable plastic laboratory equipment -- such as test tubes and pipette tips -- may exude compounds that can interact with solutions or cells ...

Scientists have opened the UK's first facility that can recycle plastic waste from research labs. Every year researchers use millions of pieces of plastic equipment. To avoid contaminating experiments ...

Remember at the beginning of the pandemic when all these weird, previously basic seeming products were sold out at the store? Like toilet paper? For many of us, these shortages have gone away. But for ...

In recent years, the Plastics Engineering Department has renovated nearly all of its Ball Hall laboratory facilities. This has been a very expensive project that has been supported by many alumni, ...

Using plastic lab equipment can skew or ruin the results of medical experiments, a new study finds. Researchers identified two classes of chemical compounds in commonly-used plastic lab ware that ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A collaboration between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Marine Corps has resulted in the discovery of using waste plastics -- such as water bottles, milk ...

At the ribbon cutting ceremony are Japan Ambassador to South Africa Norio Maruyama; Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy; Higher Education, Training, and Science and ...

"Turning what was once considered difficult into routine." Scientists make breakthrough discovery that could solve major issue with plastic: 'Real-world applications' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Every year researchers use millions of pieces of plastic equipment. To avoid contaminating experiments, they are used once and then discarded. A new start-up company, founded by a graduate from the ...