(Web Desk) - Chemists used waste cooking oil to create a sustainable, super-sticky adhesive that's strong enough to hold up ...

Plastics are made from crude oil and petroleum by-products, so a team of scientists decided to explore if they could turn ...

Scientists have developed a way to turn cooking oil waste discarded by restaurants into recyclable plastic and a superglue strong enough to tow a car. The new method could be a sustainable way to ...

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.---By mimicking a brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells, University of Michigan researchers created a composite plastic that's as strong as steel but lighter and ...

Two metal plates stuck together with the cooking oil adhesive proved strong enough to hold up hundreds of pounds of weight (left) as well as tow a car (right). (Image credit: Mahadas et al.) The ...

Do you need reliable glue for your next DIY project? Or perhaps you need to fix something you broke recently? There are several types of glue out there tailored to sticking plastics together. However, ...

Do you need reliable glue for your next DIY project? Or perhaps you need to fix something you broke recently? There are several types of glue out there tailored to sticking plastics together. However, ...