While walking through Bear Mountain State Park in New York, chemist Yuwei Gu noticed plastic bottles spread across the trail and floating in the nearby lake. The sight of so much waste in a natural ...

Scientists have developed a photochemical process to simplify the synthesis of drug and chemical precursors known as diamines. Inexpensive iron salts are a key to simplifying the manufacture of ...

Researchers have found a way to upcycle plastic waste into more valuable products, which they say could help tackle the growing accumulation of non-degradable waste polluting our cities and ...