Found in fishing nets, carpet, clothing, Nylon-6 is a major contributor to plastic pollution, including ocean pollution. Now, chemists have developed a new catalyst that quickly, cleanly and ...

Robyn Williams: Cambridge is where Sir John Meurig Thomas launched green nylon, part of a revolution in chemistry that's made headlines around the world - and it's worth billions. Sir John was here ...

Each year, polymer makers around the world produce roughly 4 billion kilograms of nylon-6, a type of nylon used to make items ranging from clothing to carpets to car parts. Now, researchers have ...

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A process to make new nylon out of old was announced last month by Du Pont. This challenge to the wartime nylon shortage, with drives for old nylon, should mean that many of the 200 million pairs of ...

Nylon cooking bags and plastic-lined cardboard cups are conveniences many people rely on, but a new study suggests that they are an underappreciated source of nanoparticles. They report that the ...