The plastics engineering and technology minor provides students with a foundation in the professional study of plastic materials and their applications. This minor ...

AKRON—The University of Akron is giving its students the opportunity to build a strong foundation in the polymer industry as it becomes the first public university in Ohio to offer an undergraduate ...

Polyglycolic acid (PGA), a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, has only been produced in small quantities as an extremely expensive, high value-added product because no technology has existed to permit ...

The Advanced Polymers and Composites Lab is an academic teaching space for the department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology's plastics and composites courses, as well as a ...

MADISON, SD / ACCESS Newswire / October 1, 2025 / Global Polymer is redefining the limits of part manufacturing with its exclusive ability to net-shape mold Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene ...

Raman technology provides real-time insights into polymer behavior, enabling advanced research and faster quality control ...

Wind turbine blades are being buried at their end of life (EOL), a practice soon to be prohibited by landfill bans taking effect across Europe in 2025. With a forecast of 43 million tons to be ...

From heat-resistant engineering plastics to sequence-encoded polypeptides, scientists are redefining what modern polymers can do, and how they’re made.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say their polymer coating could be used to protect photovoltaic modules, due to its impermeability to gases. The team has demonstrated that a ...