German researchers have hit upon a novel technique that converts waste plastics into multiple gains for steel industry

Wood which is aesthetically pleasing and exceptionally resistant can now be made out of recycled polystyrene

A high-molecular silicon plastic that can withstand temperatures ranging between 400-500

The process of cryo-recycling of plastic wastes has recently been developed by Harry Rosin, director of the Hygiene Institute in Dort- round, Germany. The method uses freezing rather than

A K NANDA, a young scientist from Berhampur in Orissa, has developed a commercially viable process for production of bio-degradable plastic sheets and films using starch. The polythene films

To prevent a recurrence of the devastating fire 1hat broke out in west Delhi on June 6 last year, the Delhi High Court said in a recent ruling that the ban on trade in poly vinyl chloride

'Plastic electronics', which behave like semiconductors, could become cheap, flexible alternatives to silicon-based electronics for certain products, according to Dutch scientists. These substitute

Dendrimers are about to revolutionise the age of polymers

THERE may finally be an answer to disposing off the scourge of environment: plastics. Researchers at the National institute of Bioscience and Human Technology in Japan have homed in

A new method of painting plastics while they are being moulded guarantees uniformity of shade