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Swiss scientists have created a new plastic-like material that's flexible, biodegradable, and even edible. The secret? It's still alive. The material, which was created by a team from Empa in ...

Some of us have owned cars that were unintentionally biodegradable -- just think of 1970s Fiats that melted after a few years -- but a new student project in the Netherlands has yielded a car that is ...

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Dublin, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Biodegradable Smart Materials Market Opportunity, Growth Drivers, Industry Trend Analysis, and Forecast 2025-2034" report has been added to ...

Sustainability has moved from a trend to a standard for modern businesses. You now face more pressure to show real care for ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global biodegradable medical plastics market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 11% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by ...

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After being used for military purposes during the Civil War, coal was first used to generate electricity for homes and factories in the 1880s. As a fossil fuel, coal played an important role in the ...