Scientists have created a new family of polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing antibiotic resistance -- a major step in the fight against superbugs like E. coli and MRSA.

If you look closely at a brick house you’ll notice something very peculiar. All the bricks are layered in a specific pattern. This helps make the house strong! In science we can see something similar ...

Polymers are materials made of long, repeating chains of molecules. The materials have unique properties, depending on the type of molecules being bonded and how they are bonded. Some polymers bend ...

On Wednesday, the Nobel Prize Committee honored three researchers for their role in developing MOFs: Richard Robson for ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Great Lakes Science Center's TapeScape exhibit is almost half a year away, but a small preview is already visible in the form of two free-standing tunnels made from packing tape.

Abby Rolston became aware of the amount of plastic waste that’s thrown away each day while working as a veterinary assistant. Today her research is focused on the degradation of blended polymers ...