These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...
The discovery of plastic-eating bacteria has also given scientists hope that we might find an actual solution to the problem ...
We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions," says Ludmilla Aristilde, who led a scientific team identifying ...
However, researchers have come up with a sci-fi like solution. By incorporating spores of plastic-eating bacteria they've developed a plastic that can self-destruct. The spores remain dormant ...
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Plastic-eating microbes, used as a food source, could help tackle two of the world’s biggest problems — plastic pollution and ...
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