Plastics, Polymers, Rubbers

Some may say we are a nation of over-consumers. Who can deny enjoying the occasional fast food and good day of shopping? It...

In the past, we blogged about biodegradable stents; and years later here we are again with the exciting topic back in...

Great thinking and discoveries have always happened in Virginia. We have more than 100 private, four-year colleges and graduate schools,...

If we had to use just one word to sum up the exceptional value of bioabsorbable polymers, it would be...

When you hear the word robotics what do you think of? Action movies or a manufacturing plant may come to...

A hospital is probably the least likely place you’d get some kind of infection, right? And if you do get...

What do fine wine, gourmet cheese and Brad Pitt have in common with one of the most-widely used and useful...

If you tried to count all of the different types of plastic used around the world, you would be at...

In our toolbox of tricks for polymer analysis, gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is our go-to tool for determining the molecular...

People will spend hundreds of dollars on a bottle of wine or a few ounces of caviar, but $835 for three six-ounce...

In kitchens across America, the same gruesome story plays out. While rooting around in the refrigerator you discover a disgusting,...

Recently, we blogged about volatiles and how they’re responsible for many of the wonderful biological scents we associate with warm weather,...