These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions," says Ludmilla Aristilde, who led a scientific team identifying ...
The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to ...
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 ...
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Plastic-eating microbes, used as a food source, could help tackle two of the world’s biggest problems — plastic pollution and ...
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 ...
The chemists figured they could leverage this stickiness to create a plastic-eating substance that easily ... the team incorporated DOPA into bacteria, thus lending the microorganisms the ability ...
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Growing up in Haiti, Ludmilla Aristilde saw environmental catastrophes all around her. Dirty water led to a devastating cholera epidemic. Deforestation left soil open to erosion, flooding and ...