TASS/. A unique armor material made from ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE or UHMW) has been developed in Russia, the Defense Ministry’s official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda ...

Profile fenders come in cylindrical designs, and as D-shaped, wing-shaped, or square products. Marine fenders that are made of ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene (PE) have a low ...

It doesn’t tend to grab tools like, for example, HDPE. It also chips nicely unlike UHMW and Nylon. Some plastics, like UHMW, have the unfortunate tendency to render the dials on a mill or lathe ...

Description: DW 402P is a microporous film produced from Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW). The process yields a material with highly uniform pore structure in the X, Y and Z directions.

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Single-use plastic has always been a concern of Caitlin Broadbent, a sustainability technician at King’s College London. Each month, researchers in the institute’s Drosophila fly facilities ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course.

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers ...

At the same time, modern life depends on plastics, which are vital for everything from sterile single-use medical equipment to the modern transportation of goods around the globe. Durable and ...