Tag: Shrilk

  • Science & Tech

    Promising solution to plastic pollution

    Harvard’s Wyss Institute researchers find that a fully degradable bioplastic isolated from shrimp shells could provide a solution to planet-clogging plastics.

  • Science & Tech

    As strong as an insect’s shell

    Wyss Institute scientists have created a material that mimics the hard outer skin of bugs. The result is low-cost and easily manufactured, and tough. It eventually might provide a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic.