Create a quick and easy deburring tool using an unusable drill bit. While it may not match the performance of store-bought tools, it effectively cleans holes, especially useful if you have a crooked ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: By this point, most people know that, yes, we all have tiny bits of plastics inside our bodies, and yes, they are probably pretty bad for you. But in case you didn’t know ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, food packaging and transport. But it’s also created one of the defining ...

A new book by the journalist Beth Gardiner argues that oil companies are upping production of the material as a safeguard against falling revenue. By Zoë Schlanger Zoë Schlanger is an environmental ...

Deburring is essential work for any machine shop, but it’s also one of the hardest jobs to staff and keep consistent. This guide explains how shops are using cobot automation to handle deburring, what ...

The negative consequences of plastic are everywhere and affect everyone. Microplastics are now found throughout our bodies, mismanagement of plastic is linked to major health risks, the impacts of ...

Plastic is pretty awful. Despite being in many reusable containers, or just in disposable containers like water bottles, plastic as a material is one of the worst for the environment. In fact, we're ...

In reworking the connections within plastic materials, researchers are studying how plant-based compounds could eventually serve as scalable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics. Stacey Leasca ...

When many people think “plastic laptop,” they picture the discount special from a decade ago: A machine that creaks and flexes when you pick it up. But today’s plastic laptops rarely feel like that to ...

That’s a wrap on harmful plastic? Microplastics — which slough off larger plastics — plague everything we touch, from our food to our cleaning tools, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and ...