There's been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming ...
I am part of a team of scientists from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology who have found that the ...
Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...
These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
However, researchers have come up with a sci-fi like solution. By incorporating spores of plastic-eating bacteria they've developed a plastic that can self-destruct. The spores remain dormant ...
Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...
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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 ...
The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to stick with the facts, there is no "official" playlist for the plastics ...
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.