New method can detect microplastics as small as the width of a human hair, using a fluorescent dye

Clothing made from a reversible fabric could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable, bringing down buildings’ energy costs

Erin Ratcliff's experiments with organic polymers boost prospects for developing more sensitive wearable and implantable bioelectronics that can record, regulate and repair what ails us

The modular generators could be inkjet printed on flexible substrates, including fabric, and manufactured using inexpensive roll-to-roll techniques

Researchers at Ames Laboratory are experimenting with chemical reactions that decompose lignin models at low temperatures and pressures

New kit delivers all the advantages of polymer stains including low background staining, high signal intensity, and the elimination of off- target binding

There is a high level of interest, both in research and industry, in developing microsensors made from non-toxic materials that are also biodegradable

This finding could lead to soft robotics, liquid circuitry, shape-shifting fluids, and a host of new materials that use soft, rather than solid, substances

The evolutionary path to first proteins may have been paved with relatively easy, small square-dance steps

Carbon fiber made with lignin would be more sustainable and less expensive than fibers currently being produced