Chasing rainbows

• Autores: James Urquhart
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3064, 2016, págs. 36-39
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It is so ubiquitous that people hardly notice it, even when it is right in front of their eyes. They use it to wrap food, make toys, build cars--and yes, these days even the contact lenses and "glasses" that enhance their vision are made from it. They are talking about plastics, of course--materials that, through their seemingly limitless morphing of forms and function, have shaped the past century. But here's a secret. Despite the panopoly of plastics they produce, they are still rank amateurs compared with the machinery that churns out very similar stuff right under their noses--throughout their bodies, to be precise. Here, Urquhart details ways to make plastic truly fantastic