Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of brilliantly colored cellulose-based plastic detailed in ACS Nano could change ...

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Materials firm Chroma Color Corp. has made its second deal of 2020, this time acquiring Epolin Chemicals LLC for an undisclosed price. Officials with Chroma in McHenry, Ill., said in a news release ...

Brightly colored dyes such as the shimmering Congo Red commonly used in silk clothing manufacture are notoriously difficult to dispose of in an environmentally benign way. Brightly colored dyes such ...

Researchers have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes itself. Researchers at Imperial College London have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- ...

These tangram puzzles are made from a new type of edible cellulose-based plastic with colors provided by tiny nanostructures within the material, rather than dyes. Plastics are one of the largest ...