The train trundles out of the city along tracks lined with fluffy wands of pampas grass, the view through the window turning from graffiti-covered warehouses to cliff-backed suburbs. Then, a thick ...

When the Environmental Protection Agency released its plan earlier this month for addressing marine litter, it named five Asian nations—China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam—as ...

A plastic bag, a dirty pizza box, plastic utensils, paper napkins, and a soda can—a single takeout meal can feel like a game of recycling trivia. Which items can be recycled? What kinds of plastic go ...

The world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel is being built in Norway, intended to cut travel time between major cities and become part of a ferry-free highway along its western coast. The ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

Poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) is synthesized from NAD + by PAR polymerases (PARPs) and regulates many physiological processes such as the maintenance of DNA integrity, gene expression and cell division.

Colleen Murphy is a senior editor at Health. She has extensive experience with interviewing healthcare providers, deciphering medical research, and writing and editing health articles in an ...

Luke Fortney is a data journalism and an Investopedia contributing writer. He also contributes to WNYC/PRI's daily show, The Takeaway. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...