News tagged with plastic resin


Researchers develop biodegradable substitutes for wood, plastic bottles and other common materials

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford University researchers have developed a synthetic wood substitute that may one day save trees, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shrink landfills.


Ground speed sensor technology developed for motor vehicles

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development of a compact and low cost speed sensor technology for motor vehicles which provides accurate measurement of relative velocity using an mm–wave radar (77GHz band). The technology enables ...





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Plastic components from the microwave

Plastic components from the microwave

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Manufacturing fiber-reinforced plastic components for ships, facades of buildings and wind power plants is a technically difficult process. Researchers are now developing a new, environment-friendly process ...


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Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...


Researchers Develop New Glue from Corn

Researchers Develop New Glue from Corn

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

After the oil is extracted from corn germ meal, the corn germ is typically fed to poultry and other livestock animals. But a new, value-added use could be on tap for this “leftover,” thanks to studies by an ...


A chemist's discovery breathes new life into the old South

A chemist's discovery breathes new life into the old South

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

One chemist plus one new scientific discovery yields. . . an economic and environmental miracle. Almost overnight, a whole new industry springs up and breathes life into an economically-devastated region of ...


Consumer advocates find BPA in food packaging

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A across a range of foods, including some labeled "BPA-free."


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Securing the web: New tool would automatically plug holes that hackers exploit

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- More and more, malicious hackers are exploiting web site security holes to attack their victims' computers. Programmers try to identify those holes in advance and plug them with code that ...


BPA linked to aggressive behavior in young girls, research suggests

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Pre-birth exposure to a chemical widely used in plastics appears to be linked to more aggressive behavior in little girls, according to research published Tuesday by a scientist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel ...


SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.


Plastic waste: better to burn?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Burning plastic can give off less carbon dioxide than burying it, scientists claim in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.


Fast, cheap melamine detector duo will outfox dairy frauds

Chemistry /

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two easy-to-use new ways of detecting melamine on the production line are reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Communications.



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