Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to reduce ...

Modern manufacturing operates at such a high speed that few issues are as frustrating—or as costly—as adhesion failure. Ink smears on food wrappers, coatings that refuse to flow evenly across medical ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...