A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London has developed a method that turns lobster shells into biodegradable "plastic." Operating under the name The Shellworks ...

In this new effort, the research team found that it could be used as the basis for creating a biodegradable plastic. The researchers noted that in the past, keratin extraction was used to create ...

Hospitals around the world generate millions of tons of plastic waste ... major challenge researchers face in developing medical bioplastics is ensuring that biodegradable materials meet stringent ...