Did you know you can make plastic from milk? Check out this video and see how to make casein plastic beads and ornaments at home. All you need to get started with this experiment is hot milk, a heat ...

This Friday (July 9), we will explore the chemistry of milk plastic, (or casein plastic) in our new kids video series: Summer School with Live Science. In this week's installment, Live Science ...

The project details how the protein Casein found in milk can be heated and mixed with acid to change the Casein protein to a solid substance called Casein Plastic. "When dried the substance become ...

A new biodegradable film made of milk protein has the potential to keep food fresher and replace plastic wraps, according to researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Lead researchers Peggy ...

Much of the plastic packaging we see in the grocery store can be recycled, from egg containers, to milk jugs, to butter tubs. But what about that thin plastic film stretched around wedges of manchego ...

Casein plastic was made in Stroud for about 70 years from 1912.It would be difficult to imagine a life without plastic. The first plastic was cellulose nitrate developed in the mid-19th Century, which ...

In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Making Stuff: Cleaner", host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue visits a Ford factory, where petroleum-based plastics in cars are being replaced ...