Scientists warn that a dangerous superbug capable of digesting medical plastic is silently spreading through hospitals, threatening patient safety worldwide.

We were surprised to find that some hospital germs, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, might be able to break down plastic. P ...

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time – and some of nature's tiniest organisms may ...

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may offer a surprising way out. In recent years, microbiologists have ...

and found that when that bacteria expressed the enzyme, it too was able to break down PCL. The team further confirmed the enzyme's plastic-eating role when they deleted the gene that codes for it ...

By analyzing a strain of the bacteria taken from a patient's wound ... be more study to figure out how best to head off this plastic-eating menace, there's a 200-year history of pathogenic ...

New research suggests the probiotic McH1-7 could help stop the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease among wild corals ...

or outer layers that help bacteria resist antibiotics and make them harder to treat, after digesting plastic. Though there will obviously need to be more study to figure out how best to head off this ...

The line between being hygienic and being overly cautious has not yet been agreed but there are habits we'd be better off ...

Plastic containers are everywhere in kitchens for storing food and drinks. Some plastics contain chemicals like BPA ...