Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds. Scientists hope it is a pollution solution.

“Around 2,000 waxworms can break down an entire polyethylene bag in as little as 24 hours, although we believe that ...

From your phone to your sponge, your toothbrush to your trolley handle, invisible armies of bacteria are lurking on the ...

In a world increasingly choked by plastic waste, a glimmer of hope emerges from an unexpected corner of nature: plastic-eating bacteria. These microscopic organisms have sparked the curiosity of ...

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature ...

From discovering plastic-eating bacterium to finding a new catalytic process in soils, the Aristilde Research Group had a busy year in 2024. It published seven papers and submitted four more for ...

Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E. coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said this ...

Researchers are trying to turn plastic-eating bacteria into food source for humans.

The abundance of bacteria indicates that they play a crucial role in breaking down the plastic. This may mean that mealworms may not naturally have the ability to eat plastic. Instead, when they start ...