How do you build the next generation of natural performance materials without pretending cotton or synthetics will disappear?
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) have developed a new method for producing polyurethane without the use of toxic isocyanates, a key ingredient traditionally ...
Most people lose sleep over a lumpy mattress. Dr. Peter Nguyen and his team ...
Every day, 50,000 mattresses are tossed in the trash in the United States. A relative of penicillin could be the cure.
Swinburne researchers have turned old, unwanted mattresses into safe and sustainable building insulation materials using fungi. The team grew a common fungus together with shredded mattress foam to ...
A South Carolina riverkeeper traced PFAS, or forever chemicals, to a specific carpet plant on the Lower Saluda River in Irmo.
CHANTILLY, VA - February 03, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Kraken Bond Spray Foam Solutions has positioned its PestSafe Foam ...
If you break open a chicken bone, you won't find a solid mass of white material inside. Instead, you will see a complex, ...
Chemical compounds like isocyanate are toxic and trigger allergies or asthma. However, they remain indispensable for the chemical industry. They are needed especially in the production of PUR. These ...
When the chemicals reach soil or water, as they have near factories and waste sites, they are extremely difficult to remove.
The Associated Press’ reporting on the vulnerabilities of private water well owners to contamination by harmful forever ...
Join Morgan as she prepares for the United States Barista Championship, introducing a unique milk course technique: freeze ...