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Transforming plastic waste into high-quality 3D-printed products
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Transforming plastic waste into high-quality 3D-printed products

The cleaned plastic packaging waste is mixed, melted down and extruded in a compounder at Fraunhofer IFAM. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Every year, some...

Laura Ikeji contemplates undergoing plastic surgery
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Laura Ikeji contemplates undergoing plastic surgery

Laura Ikeji via her Instagram page, shared a video of herself showing off her body, noting how she is still hot despite having...

Innovative mortar blend uses recycled plastic to enhance insulation and cut waste
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Innovative mortar blend uses recycled plastic to enhance insulation and cut waste

Demoulded and dried cement mortar mixes in the shape of the prism (40x40x160 mm). Credit: Construction and Building Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.140320 A...

3D-printed coffee and mushroom mix offers compostable plastic alternative
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3D-printed coffee and mushroom mix offers compostable plastic alternative

The packing material around this small glass was 3D printed from used coffee grounds. A white mycelium (sort of a root system for...

Sugar-derived catalyst boosts plastic recycling and hydrogen production
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Sugar-derived catalyst boosts plastic recycling and hydrogen production

Graphical abstract. Credit: Chemical Engineering Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.157688 DGIST’s Professor Chiyoung Park’s team has developed a catalytic technology that effectively removes additives...

Plastic Surgeon Says People Are Requesting Bianca Censori’s Body Shape
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Plastic Surgeon Says People Are Requesting Bianca Censori’s Body Shape

Bianca Censori’s nearly-naked 2025 Grammys look has now become a blueprint for plastic surgery goals. According to Dr. Christopher Costa of Platinum Plastic...

Scientists enhance high-resolution distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers
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Scientists enhance high-resolution distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers

This figure illustrates the result of distributed temperature sensing using a perfluorinated graded-index plastic optical fiber (POF). The top diagram shows the structure...

Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space
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Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space

The PMMA sheets fabricated by materials science researchers are white and porous, making them a suitable material for covering buildings for passive daytime...

Nepal explores paving with plastic
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Nepal explores paving with plastic

Vehicles riding over a road built using recycled plastic waste in Pokhara. Cars speeding along a smooth, black-colored street in Nepal’s Pokhara are...