In the classic 1967 film The Graduate, a family friend of lead character Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) offers ...

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may ...

It has swapped plastic hang tabs for recyclable paper pulp alternatives, and replaced plastic shrink-wrap with wood fiber bags across many products. These choices don’t just lower the product’s carbon ...

Women’s breasts can shrink considerably after they’ve undergone radiation therapy and lumpectomy for their early-stage breast cancer, researchers reported March 27 in the journal Plastic and ...

Plastic-shrinkage and drying-shrinkage cracks are the most common types of random cracking that occur in concrete roads and bridge decks. Each is related to moisture loss. Plastic-shrinkage cracking ...

So you have these plastic and these chemicals that get into the body, lower testosterone, shrink d*cks, shrink tai*ts.'' ''Plastics are lowering hormone levels, they are lowering birth rate levels ...

Credit: LightField Studios via Shutterstock Shrink wrap and stretch wrap are two popular types of plastic films in the packaging industry, each with specific benefits tailored to different needs.

A plastic-covered cuke could still be in great ... and innovators are looking for ways to get the benefits of shrink-wrapping fruits and vegetables without the shrink wrap itself.

Naturally concrete shrinks when it is subjected to a drying environment. If this shrinkage is restrained, tensile stresses develop and concrete may crack. Plastic shrinkage cracks are especially ...