PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (CBS 58) -Thanks to the research of two professors at UW-Platteville, there may truly be no reason to ever cry over spilled milk. Chemistry Professor Joseph Wu and Mechanical ...

Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural polymers like DNA can create materials that break down in days, months or years rather than littering the environment for centuries. Researchers hope ...

In this video, I'm sharing 10 incredibly clever and chic DIY projects that will transform your trash into treasure. From beautiful home organizers to stunning decor pieces, these ideas are practical, ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

Recently, there has been a lot of hullabaloo about the idea that large reasoning models (LRM) are unable to think. This is mostly due to a research article published by Apple, "The Illusion of ...

Every fall, pumpkin growers haul their record-breaking giants onto scales, with some pumpkins weighing more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). Yet the world's largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds ...

A new study from Italy’s University of Padua reveals that microplastics, tiny plastic fragments less than five millimeters in size, are present in nearly all milk and cheese samples tested, ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

Two UW-Platteville professors took a pandemic problem -- farmers flushing unused milk -- and used it to fuel their research. The professors used proteins from spoiled milk to make a more sustainable ...

As plastic waste clogs rivers, kills marine life and threatens human health, many leaders of countries, communities and forward-looking companies are working on ways to stem the tide of plastic ...

We spend our lives chasing freedom. As kids, the countdown until summer break starts in April, waiting in blissful impatience for the days when we can wake at noon, stretch toward the sky, and do ...