UC Santa Barbara

Transforming plastic waste into detergents with dirty process

September 21, 2023

Our plastic waste can be used as raw material for detergents, thanks to an improved catalytic method

July 24, 2023

Take a lattice — a flat section of a grid of uniform cells, like a window screen or a honeycomb…

November 4, 2022

A collaboration to develop biodegradable oceangoing bioplastics receives Convergence Accelerator Phase 2 funding from NSF

October 12, 2022

Scientists develop a method of recycling plastic into high-value plastic molecules

January 11, 2022

Researchers develop a method that gives enzymes the ability to catalyze new-to-nature reactions

November 3, 2021

Marine microbiologist Alyson Santoro leads a collaboration to develop bioplastics for the marine environment

April 18, 2021

With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants

February 12, 2021

From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut

July 30, 2020

US Universities Receive Millions for Biopolymers Research. The race is on!