Researcher Karin Kvale first became interested in plastic pollution when she was living in Kiel, Germany, where her young children spent part of their school days on Falckenstein beach. “Every day ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic are produced globally every year. New research shows how that waste can be turned ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The ...