In the early 1980s, Doug Peck helped revolutionize the food industry as part of a research team that developed the first stable plastic food container on the market. Peck was working for the H.J.

Scientists at MIT have created an ultrastrong plastic that's twice as strong as steel, and it's pretty amazing. Don't get me wrong, I hate everything bad that has come with the creation of plastic.

Changing lives for women impacted by breast cancer: A local plastic surgeon has invented a breast reconstruction technique for women who get mastectomies. This technique is used during ...

When American Horror Story, the Museum of Modern Art, and Napoleon Dynamite pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way. Tupperware has a staying power that most ...

In the not-too-distant future, a new type of plastic invented at the University of Arizona might help your car drive itself and, when you arrive at the supermarket, help you pick out a ripe tomato.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Honored for his ultra-strong, optically transparent “plastic steel,” University alum Paul ...

MELROSE (CBS) -- Dave New has a pretty big idea. He wants to turn many of the non-recyclable plastic items you might find in your home into recyclables. "We really need to figure out a way to recycle ...

Three teenagers in New York designed a cardboard, called Kiriboard, to replace plastic packaging. They got the idea when a box of motors for their robotics hobby arrived damaged. Their invention won ...

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