Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?

Less than 7% of planned green hydrogen projects were completed on schedule, according to a 2025 Nature Energy study tracking 190 projects over three years. Quebec-based startup Vema Hydrogen is ...

Plastic is cheap, but it’s an ecological, environmental, and human health disaster that actually costs Americans over $1 trillion a year, according to some estimates. By 2040, plastic waste management ...

The war in Iran is making the cost of virgin plastic skyrocket, and that’s good news for recycled plastic. But a Cincinnati expert says we can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis.

What Californian hasn’t walked along one of our superb beaches only to stumble upon water bottles, cigarette butts, clamshell burger boxes and all manner of nasty plastic trash? We sigh, and plod on.

I was 37. In 1997, at least, that was considered by most to be too young for plastic surgery. That’s what the editors at Washingtonian and I thought. So they sent me out to visit five local plastic ...

Living things degrade, die, and decompose. Even when we turn plant and animal material into furniture or clothes, the process is inevitable. On the other hand, left alone, plastics are practically ...

What if a cling wrap could fight disease? A newly developed plastic film has successfully killed viruses on contact. The material could be easily mass-produced and doesn’t have to be reapplied. In the ...

Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...