Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Until today, it was thought that polystyrene would pollute the environment ...

Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously thought. A ...

In our previous papers, 29, 30 we have reported the molecular characterizations of another class of brushes, the so-called ‘rod brushes’, which consist of a flexible polystyrene backbone and ...

A recent article in ACS Applied Polymer Materials explored polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) designed for next-generation polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). The membranes are based on ...

A study published by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to ...