By Liz Kimbrough In a lab in Türkiye, researcher Sedat Gündoğdu zooms in on the image of a small red fiber. For the first ...

This study innovatively addresses this gap by proposing a deep learning (DL)-based method for interpreting InSAR deformation time series in urban environments. We first introduce six canonical ...

I DESCRIBED recently a form of hardness micro-tester which permits light loads to be applied to a diamond indenter of pyramidal form as a means of determining the hardness figures of minute ...

Used to make cooking spatulas, takeout boxes and kitchen peelers, black plastic made headlines after a study last year claimed that the material contained toxic flame retardants which could be ...

Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters our oceans. Scientists warn that by 2040, plastic waste in our seas could triple, threatening marine life and potentially our ...

Plastic packaging can have substantially smaller environmental impacts—including 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions—compared to other packaging materials, according to a new study. The findings ...

Getty A debate about whether black-colored plastic used in items including kitchen utensils could contain cancerous chemicals might be missing the point, according to experts. As previously ...

Burning plastic is likely to also contaminate food. For example, eggs from farms near plastic waste incinerators in Indonesia contained hazardous chemicals from burned plastic. However ...

The scientists also say that “seismic activity within the caldron remains at the same levels, while there is increased ground deformation in the wider Santorini area, which is continuously ...

A New York plastic bag maker that had been part of legal challenges to the state's bag ban is closing its factory there and laying off 146 workers, according to state filings. Poly-Pak Industries ...