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.

Before 1990, most car gas tanks were made of steel. By 1996 plastic had replaced steel in one out of four fuel tanks manufactured in North America. Last year plastic gas tanks had taken over an ...

Why is plastic bad for the environment? It is one of those seemingly necessary evils: It’s as lightweight as it is durable, and it’s in pretty much everything. Plus, unlike other popular materials ...

For decades steel has been relied upon in numerous applications because of it’s sought after properties of being both incredibly strong and lightweight. However, recent developments have led to ...

Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming ...

Frank Bates didn't start out expecting to find a fundamental property of nature, but that's what he may have done. Bates is a chemical engineer and materials scientist at the University of Minnesota.

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have demonstrated that concrete can be reinforced using polymer plates instead of steel bars, with the new material showing superior strength, ductility, and ...

The complex interplay between the rapid martensitic transformation and the plastic relaxation during martensitic transformation in low-carbon steel is investigated using a combined phase-field and ...

A new composite plastic built layer by layer has been created by engineers at the University of Michigan. This plastic is as strong as steel. It has been built the same way as mother-of-pearl, and ...