While playing with that, he realized that an inexpensive glass or plastic lens could stand ... good enough to try a few casting shots with epoxy resin. [Zach] ran into a few problems along the ...

On Hawaii’s Big Island, on a beach that seemingly should have been pristine—no paved road leads to it—I walked ankle-deep through ... on every pound of plastic resin manufactured.

August saw a range of movement in North American commodity resin prices, with prices for one material up, two down and two flat. Polypropylene was the only commodity resin to see higher prices in ...

But plastic generated from methods like HiCOP can partly satisfy that demand,” says Noda. “Combining this with new biodegradable resins like plant-based plastic would help us move towards a ...

Nothing. So that's the approach I'm taking to Plastic Man No More, a new comic just released by DC Comics. In it, the pliable superhero gets blasted by a death ray from the villain Solaris.

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Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

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Tree resin from coniferous trees has deep roots in traditional medicine for ... Stir in beeswax over low heat until melted.

The Kexue, seen in 2019, is one of China’s vessels for exploring deep waters. The ocean floor is shaping up to be the next theater of global resource competition. (Zhang Jinggang/Imaginechina/AP ...

Bereaved families are buying cheap plastic resin headstones, memorials, grave kerbs and surrounds not realising they are banned in cemeteries. A number of retailers offer them on Facebook and ...