- Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries: Scientists have created a fast-acting protein that can break down building blocks of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a synthetic resin used in fibers for clothing and plastic that accounts for 12% of global waste. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04599-z 4 comments science
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- A novel plastic-eating enzyme may solve our plastic woes once and for all https://interestingengineering.com/novel-plastic-eating-enzyme 188 comments
- The race to design a bacteria that can eat plastic | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2022/05/01/the-race-to-design-a-bacteria-that-can-eat-plastic/ 156 comments
- AI-Designed Enzyme Eats Plastic - by Niko McCarty - Codon https://www.codonmag.com/p/ai-designed-enzyme-eats-plastic 57 comments
- This AI-Designed Enzyme Can Devour Plastic Trash In Hours: Video https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2022/04/28/scientists-use-ai-to-make-an-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-trash-in-hours-video/?sh=589c7982da6b 33 comments
- Fast-acting enzyme breaks down plastics in as little as 24 hours https://newatlas.com/environment/fast-acting-enzyme-plastics-24-hours/ 4 comments
- Someday, Worms Might Help Recycle Your Dirty Plastic - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/09/plastic-pollution-biological-recycling/675205/ 1 comment
- Why haven’t plastic-eating bacteria fixed the plastic problem yet? https://www.freethink.com/energy/plastic-eating-bacteria 0 comments
- How science fiction predicted recent high-tech developments in chemistry https://theconversation.com/how-science-fiction-predicted-recent-high-tech-developments-in-chemistry-195519 0 comments
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