Hiro Technologies turned to fungi to tackle landfill waste. After a week or two, the fungi are activated by moisture from feces, urine and the environment to begin the process of biodegradation.

An Austin-based startup is selling disposable diapers paired with fungi intended to break down the plastic.

Scientists have enhanced a plastic-eating bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, using artificial intelligence. This enzyme can break down PET—the plastic found in water bottles and clothing - into ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulation… ...

Could baby poop and fungi work together to tackle landfill waste? That’s the idea behind a new product launched by an Austin, Texas-based startup that sells disposable diapers paired with fungi ...

Tylenol could potentially be made greener and cheaper with the help of bacteria. Scientists were able to use a bacterial chemical reaction to convert a plastic water bottle into paracetamol with ...

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) production could be revolutionized by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller. The new method leaves virtually no ...

Republicans plan to terminate billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits. Experts say that will mean more greenhouse gas emissions and more dangerous heat.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

You might be surprised by how many of these everyday foods have microplastics inside.

Humans have overfished cod to near extinction, so science alone cannot bring back cod. It will take regulation discipline, too.