These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
The 18-person team’s latest finding has helped science inch closer to answering a question that’s perplexed researchers for years: Can the bacteria that cling to plastic bottles in rivers eat ...
Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...
The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to stick with the facts, there is no "official" playlist for the plastics ...
Key question: The 18-person team’s latest finding has helped science inch closer to answering a question that’s perplexed them for years: Can the bacteria that cling to plastic bottles in ...
Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.