Antarctica, the world's most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Where human activity ...

By studying these natural “plastic-eaters”, we hope to create new tools that help get rid of plastic waste faster and more ...

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A plastic-eating insect may help solve the trash problem that has choked the Earth for a long time, scientists have concluded in a new study.

The idea of 'using asteroids as food' is based on research by Pierce, who has been working on 'extracting proteins from plastic-eating bacteria to create food.' Pires said, 'For humans to explore ...

We are conducting further investigation to confirm this possibility. Our study also examined the insect's gut bacteria. We wanted to identify the bacterial communities that may support the plastic ...

Kenyan scientists have discovered that a native mealworm can eat and break down polystyrene – a breakthrough that could help ...

Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect ... helped shed light on their gut bacteria. The worms were fed either plastic ...

I am part of a team of scientists from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology who have found that the ...