Scientists are increasingly looking at developing ways to replace plastic, particularly in single-use, high volume, disposable applications. Food packaging is one of these areas. Can edible food ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21, 2016 -- At the grocery store, most foods -- meats, breads, cheeses, snacks -- come wrapped in plastic packaging. Not only does this create a lot of non-recyclable, ...

Graphene (a sheet of carbon just one atom thick) can be produced on a wide variety of substrates and even materials such as food, cloth and paper, using a simple multi-pass laser technique. Potential ...

Thermoelectric generators built entirely from food-grade hydrogels and vanillin harvest heat from hot meals to power edible displays that change color when food reaches safe eating temperature.