Originating in Paris, this exhibition, which focuses on Iris Van Herpen’s interest in ecology and technology, will take on a ...

The mother of a toddler who fell 20 stories to his death from an apartment in Newark has sued the building’s owners, claiming they routinely replaced broken windows with thin layers of Plexiglas. The ...

The MTA’s years-long quest for a turnstile successor took another step forward on Friday, with the unveiling of a new bank of fare gates at two subway stations. The modern fare gate design foregoes ...

Glass windows can get pricey, but this acrylic panel method cuts costs without sacrificing function. Trim it out for a clean, durable finish that holds up in any shed. Ozzy Osbourne’s cause of death ...

The story of Plexiglas begins in the early 1930s, during a period of intense innovation in synthetic materials. German chemist Otto Röhm was perfecting his own version of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA ...

A Walmart shopper was furious when she discovered the store now keeps socks locked up behind plexiglass. Serena, who goes by ladyluckk on TikTok, discovered the shocking find while shopping at a ...

The B-29 bomber’s Plexiglas nose was the obvious inspiration for the space freighter Millennium Falcon. Special effects artists replaced the blue screen with stars only in post-production; on set, the ...

The film explores the versatile material Plexiglass, a transparent and durable acrylic plastic developed by Rohm & Haas. Highlighting its lightweight, impact-resistant, and weather-resistant ...

According to a study published in Science, polymer scientists at ETH Zurich discovered an unexpected method for nearly completely breaking down PMMA plastic, also known as Plexiglas, into its monomer ...

Today, plastics recycling is primarily limited to the collection of sorted PET or polyethylene beverage bottles. The plastic collected is of identical chemical composition, with polymer molecules of ...

Researchers at Swiss university have developed a solvent-based process to recycle the plastic resin commonly known as Plexiglas. “Our process is extremely simple,” says ETH Zürich researcher Athina ...

ETH Zurich materials researchers have developed a groundbreaking method that enables the near-complete recycling of acrylic glass for the first time. The polymer chains are broken down into their ...