The abundance of bacteria indicates that they play a crucial role in breaking down the plastic. This may mean that mealworms ...
These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to ...
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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 ...
A way to select a suite of mangrove bacteria that can transform plastic has been developed that potentially offers a new strategy in the global toolkit of plastic waste cleanup. Researchers have ...
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There’s been a lot of interest around developing technologies for mining rare-earth metals from asteroids as they pass on by. But a new study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology ...
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So far, in a lab, the plastic has been converted into an oil-like compound using heat to deconstruct the polymer chains. This compound is then fed to oil-eating bacteria, which leave behind a ...
We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions," says Ludmilla Aristilde, who led a scientific team identifying how to eliminate the tiniest pieces of plastic from waterways.