A couple of years ago, as I was cleaning my bedroom, I came across a wad of shriveled foam in a small paper cup. It immediately brought back memories of one of my high school science experiments. I ...

Ulva pertusa was collected at the Wajiro mudflats in Fukuoka prefecture in August 2013. The Ulva was washed with fresh water, wrung out over nonwoven fabric, dried in an oven at 80 °C for 12 h and ...

Fossil fuel-based polyurethane foam has been a firm favourite in furniture manufacturing for over half a century. Jane Englefield investigates the consequences of this dependable but unsustainable ...