According to a study published in the journal Science, a new method converts mixed plastic waste into fuel with 95% ...

Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes,” according to the website Our World in Data. That figure grew to over 450 million ...

University of Delaware researchers have developed a new catalyst that doubles the speed and efficiency of converting plastic ...

In July 2025, a rumor spread online that a young inventor with 1.7 million social media followers had disappeared. Julian Brown, 21, of Georgia has purported to have created a low-cost, solar ...

Yale researchers unveiled a 3D-printed carbon column reactor that can convert 66% of polyethylene plastic into fuel chemicals without costly catalysts. The breakthrough addresses major efficiency and ...

For the past few weeks, the internet has been obsessed with the strange case of Julian Brown—a 21-year-old inventor from Georgia who supposedly unlocked a secret Big Oil doesn’t want us to know.

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have patented a technology designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from industrial ...

A 22-year-old inventor is gaining viral attention for what he calls “Plastoline,” a fuel he says is made from plastic waste.

Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems ...