eco-friendly alternative for plastic. Researchers have created proof-of-concept transparent woods using almost entirely natural materials, and have explored making them electrically conductive ...

I wish I had a more exciting part to duplicate, like a broken hinge or plastic case that I’d like in a different color, but I lost a button on my favorite coat. So I’ll be making a matching s ...

Into one end of the complex goes corn; out the other come white pellets, an industrial resin poised to become—if you can believe all the hype—the future of plastic in a post-petroleum world.

and plastic that has been designed as an attempt to clear minefields. It was made by Afghan inventor Massoud Hassani who came up the with the idea after making miniature models as a child.