The abundance of bacteria indicates that they play a crucial role in breaking down the plastic. This may mean that mealworms ...
There's been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming ...
These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...
Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.
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Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...
The Saltburn star revealed he could have died or lost his arm from the infection if doctors hadn't caught it fast enough.
It’s far more than just a military problem, of course. According to the United Nations Environment Program, the world creates about 440 million tons of plastic waste a year, most of it for single-use ...
Happy Halloween, everybody! I wonder how many trick-or-treaters tonight will be dressed as hurricanes, or maybe as debris ...
A recent study from Italy suggests that eating too many ultra-processed foods could make people biologically older than their ...
Dr Chris van Tulleken, an infectious diseases doctor and leading science presenter on the BBC, has issued a stark warning ...
In the UK, cancer rates in 25 to 49-year-olds increased by 22 per cent in the last three decades, the biggest change in any ...