Do window insulation kits actually work? Yes! They seal off drafty windows so you can spend less on your home heating bills.

Now, the outside of electric wires are usually covered in plastic because it’s a very poor conductor. It hardly conducts any electricity at all, so we can say it’s an electrical insulator.

An curved arrow pointing right. Inspired by cotton candy, four friends spent more than a decade designing a machine that turns locally sourced plastic waste into thin fibers that can be used for ...

But its greatest service may have been as the insulator that made the underwater cable possible. In 1843 a Portuguese engineer, Jose d'Almeida, described a natural plastic material to the Royal ...

A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel which improves insulation and reduces plastic waste has been developed by Newcastle University researchers. The team hope this new building ...