"We found that black soldier fly larvae could survive and gain weight with the polyurethane as the sole substrate, and ...

Polyurethane is one of the most widely used plastics in the world. It appears in everything from furniture foam and ...

From underwater surveillance vehicles and deep-diving construction engineers to paddle-boarders and surfers, users of polyurethane foams fulfill diverse subsea and marine applications. Thanks to their ...

From left, Arijit Ghorai and Ho Yong Chung hold samples of lignin-based polyurethane. The research team used lignin and carbon dioxide to create a new kind of polyurethane that is biodegradable and ...

Once discarded, spongy polyurethane foam typically just ends up in landfills, where it takes up a lot of space. Thanks to a newly-developed process, however, it could soon be recycled into ...

CANNON has unveiled its revolutionary approach to recycling polyurethane (PU) and PU-glass fibre composites (GFRPs), marking ...

When plastic was first introduced in 1907, it was hailed as a miracle material. The petroleum-based substance could seemingly do anything — harden into a rock-solid car part or a flexible waterproof ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...

Durable, flexible polyurethane is commonly found in sports shoes and other products, and is tough to get rid of. PressReleaseFinder / flickr A common fixture in refrigerators, furniture and footwear, ...

Developed at the University of Michigan, the material consists of commonly used polyurethane plastic combined with tea tree oil and cinnamon oil. All of the ingredients are already known to be safe ...

Scientists in Germany report “Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer” in Frontiers in Microbiology that they have identified and ...