Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...

A commercial airplane can burn a few gallons of fuel per mile. “It’s very hard to bring the huge engines to run on other things when they carry that much weight,” Fred Felleman, Port of Seattle ...

DULUTH, Ga. (WTVM) - A 22-year-old inventor is gaining viral attention for what he calls “Plastoline,” a fuel he says is made from plastic waste. Julian Brown says he uses a process called microwave ...

In a remarkable development in the field of space technology, a Japanese startup based in Sapporo has created an innovative type of fuel made from plastic. This solid plastic fuel is designed to power ...

Plastic production is predicted to keep skyrocketing in the next ten years, and our planet is going to pay the price. But, with all that plastic being made, is it possible we could do some good with ...

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A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...