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As computers like the venerable breadbox Commodore 64 age, their plastic doesn’t just turn increasing shades of yellow and brown, the ABS plastic also tends to get brittle. This is a problem ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna has investigated a possible link between ...

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Abstract: With the increasing integration of crowd computing, new vulnerabilities emerge in widely used cryptographic systems like the RSA cryptosystem, whose security is based on the factoring ...

A Michigan State plastic packaging research team is keeping its work close to the family. That's because the experts — supported by $1.7 million in government funding — have discovered that related ...

Their invention, a mobile tool for cleaning microscopic pieces of plastic from rivers and lakes, comes as scientists have found those same particles stuck deep in human arteries, which raised fears of ...

Future Bio, a Berkeley, California-based startup, is working to commercialize a new plastic that can be easily broken down into its basic components, reducing the need for petroleum products and ...

See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. When Americans eat ...

Microplastics can leach into food through various mechanisms, so what about the microwave? I asked a professor of public health and a toxicologist about the risks and how to nuke safely in 2025.