This Friday (July 9), we will explore the chemistry of milk plastic, (or casein plastic) in our new kids video series: Summer School with Live Science. In this week's installment, Live Science ...

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Our friends from Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education are sharing a fun experiment on how to turn milk into plastic that can be molded into toys or beads.

Amid a recent flurry of worrisome reports about plastic, a simple question came up: Could we live without it? Could my typical family -- a mom, a dad, a 3-year-old girl and a 7-month-old boy -- put ...

As plastics contain thousands of chemicals – some of which are toxic carcinogens – and often take decades to break down, scientists are racing to deliver biodegrad­able alternatives. The OECD forecast ...