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 ...
Plastic-eating microbes, used as a food source, could help tackle two of the world’s biggest problems — plastic pollution and ...
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The official playlist for the fifth round of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC5, is now out. OK, to ...
Happy Halloween, everybody! I wonder how many trick-or-treaters tonight will be dressed as hurricanes, or maybe as debris ...
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 ...
As of October 25, 2024, there have been 77 cases and 15 deaths, up from 46 cases and 11 deaths in 2023. Vibrio are a group of ...
“More often than any other species of whale, the ones that are deep diving are the ones that we find with lots of plastic in them,” says Matthew Savoca, a marine ecologist at Stanford University who ...
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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 ...