The global plastic shrink wrap market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2023 to 2033, expanding its market value ...

The global heat shrink tubing and sleeves market, with a valuation of USD 1,995 million in 2022, is experiencing sustained ...

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Cooking with any plastic is a dubious enterprise, because heat encourages potentially harmful plastic compounds to migrate out of the polymers and potentially into the food. But, as Andrew Turner ...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. Global production of ...

You might be wondering why there is a need for plastic to be found in teabags. Well, plastic (polypropylene to be exact) is added to the paper teabag to help heat seal them during manufacture. Heat ...

Heat exhaustion occurs when the body becomes dehydrated and is unable to regulate its internal body temperature. The condition is not usually considered life-threatening and is treatable with ...

When a Columbia professor needed a lawyer because of her comments about the actions of former Israeli soldiers on campus, tensions over the Israel-Hamas war got in the way. By Ginia Bellafante ...

But there is some better news: the overall amount of heat energy being gained by the planet has fallen sharply from a record spike early in 2023. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

MIAMI -- Pat Riley stood in front of 20,000 people Wednesday night. And they all seemed to be cheering as the Miami Heat officially dedicated their home court in his honor. But when it was time to ...