John Jungjohann is president of Design Plastics Inc., a plastics processor based in Omaha, Neb. Founded in 1972, the company specializes in thermoforming, vacuum forming and injection molding.

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The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

In this interview, AZoMaterials speaks with Dr. Annika Völp, Process Application Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, about the role of extrusion in mechanical recycling of degraded plastic waste - ...

The Department of Engineering Design and Manufacturing is involved in a variety of research and training activities. The following is an overview of the areas that research teams work in, with some ...

Resynergi Inc., the Sonoma County startup whose decadelong effort to convert plastic waste into new material or fuel, is leaving the state. The company plans to move from its demonstration site in ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1864 Scientific American published a competition launched by a billiard-table ...

Biopharmaceutical production requires a lot of energy and materials and creates a significant amount of plastic waste. Finding ways to make it more sustainable is vital from both an environmental and ...

The latest UN plastics treaty collapse underscored what markets already know: a $400 billion stranded asset risk that forward-thinking petrochemical leaders must now confront strategically. While ...