The research, published in Nature Sustainability, introduces a novel method for creating polyamides—a class of plastics known ...

Figure 1: Polyamides and nylon are used in consumer devices, machines, high-impact designs, and many other places. Source: Dr. Reiner Düren aka RedPiranha/CC BY-SA 4.0 Polyamides are a class of ...

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LUDWIGSHAFEN – Global chemicals company BASF's 'Ccycled' recycled synthetic textiles have been certified to the Recycled ...

By developing a chemical recycling process for polyamides, a sustainable circular economy could be established in order to drastically reduce the need for fossil raw materials for the production of ...

Since 2006, steep winter losses of worker bees have spurred scientists and the U.S. government to try to understand colony collapse disorder. Honeybees pollinate four-fifths of all flowering plants, ...

That's thinner than a strand of silk, or a fifth the diameter of a human hair. Made from polyesters, polyamides, and blends of these and more, microfiber can be used to make cloths, industrial ...

Thinx announced patent-pending technology across its period products while Jack & Jones debuted the second product made with ...

Bioplastics such as bio polyester and bio polyamides are used in automotive as these materials can be recycled and exhibit ...

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