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 ...

Despite the planet's growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient. They ...

Pepperell, Mass.-based Celltreat Scientific Products has agreed to acquire Brewster, N.Y.-based VistaLab Technologies to expand its distribution network for laboratory products. "We see this ...

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 ...

Even if everyone was able to figure out the recycling codes stamped on the bottom of their yogurt containers and get all their plastic bottles in the big blue bins, there’s still a pretty high chance ...