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 ...
We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions," says Ludmilla Aristilde, who led a scientific team identifying ...
Plastic-eating bacteria could help to curb the global waste problem in the future. But many questions remain unanswered. Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University ...
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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The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to ...
Scientists from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have uncovered a promising solution to the growing ...
As talks on a global plastics treaty continue in Paris, news of the recent discovery of plastic-eating bacteria in the Alps raises hope they could be harnessed for recycling. But such a solution ...
Plastic-eating microbes, used as a food source, could help tackle two of the world’s biggest problems — plastic pollution and ...