After conducting tests with various bead types, researchers discovered that size and material are crucial factors, with larger beads generally acquiring a negative charge, while smaller ones are ...

It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers. But environmentalists are worried about ...

Roads with these plastic beads last twice as long as those without, Beeman said. That means less maintenance and repairs are needed over a road’s lifetime, saving costs, time and energy.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

FILE - People vie for beads as the group rolls during the Krewe of Iris Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Mardi Gras day this year falls on Feb. 21, 2023.

But the huge amount of non-biodegradable plastic beads that wind up amid all the other Mardi Gras trash worries environmentalists. (Scott Threlkeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers ...