Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in ...

A newly discovered enzyme motif reveals how ocean microbes are evolving to digest plastic, potentially aiding future cleanup ...

The photos could reveal new details about the visitor from another star system. A peculiar object discovered by the James ...

Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of waste management with the identification of a new type of ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, researchers have found bacteria that can digest plastic, using specialized enzymes that evolved alongside humanity's ...

Uncover the deep-sea secret of plastic-eating bacteria. Learn how these marine microbes use a unique PETase enzyme to digest PET plastic, paving the way for new recycling solutions.

And, as usual, we’ll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well. Plastic is a synthetic material, meaning that it’s made by combining man-made chemicals, instead of existing naturally. Natural ...

Floodplain restoration, hellbender salamanders, plastic-eating bacteria and a robot reboot. How floodplain restoration can help build resilience to climate change, plastic-eating bacteria that could ...

Ville Santala, a biotech professor at Tampere University in Finland, is helping to tackle the plastic pollution crisis by using genetic engineering to create plastic-gobbling bacteria. According to a ...

Floodplain restoration, hellbender salamanders, plastic-eating bacteria and a robot reboot. How floodplain restoration can help build resilience to climate change, plastic-eating bacteria that could ...