Modern society has a big problem when it comes to plastic -- and it's contributing heavily to pollution and climate change.

Synthesized from plant materials, polylactic acid (PLA) is a biosourced polymer highly prized for food containers. Its biodegradability is also highlighted, but this only occurs if the temperature ...

An experiment reveals that a bio-solution to humans’ microplastics mess is likely to fall short, but could inspire other ways to attack the problem.

Critical bone defects resulting from trauma, tumor resection, or congenital conditions present significant challenges in ...

VistaTek creates manufacturing company for specialty line to manufacture plates, bowls and other items from plant-based plastics. At major league ballparks across the country, teams are ...

“The market offers a variety of fillers, including polylactic acid, hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite, silicone, and polymethyl methacrylate,” Dr. Boakye says. If you’re unsure of what ...

Bush and Rylie DuBois, a sophomore biosystems engineering major and undergraduate research assistant at the lab, set out to produce earhole inserts made from polylactic acid, a bio-based plastic ...

The Secured Loan provides liquidity and strengthens the Company’s balance sheet as it remains focused on providing its customers with its innovative polyhydroxyalkanoate and polylactic acid products, ...

She then began printing pieces using polylactic acid plastic. Since the printer was small, larger components, such as the magnet, would take nearly 15 hours to print. "Issues would come up where ...