Unassuming little bacteria can make plastic stronger while in use but then help break it down at the end of life. Engineers embedded spores of a polym...
Science Magazine | May 7, 2024
Red means stop, and green means go. At least, that?s how it works for drivers waiting their turn at a traffic light. According to a recent study in Sc...
Environment Energy Leader | May 6, 2024
The University of California San Diego is developing a new type of biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) commonly utilized in consumer produc...
The Naked Scientists | May 3, 2024
Humans produce around 350 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. And, because of its chemical composition, some of that plastic will still be han...
The World | May 3, 2024
Scientists at the University of California San Diego are using bacterial spores to break down newly developed bioplastic. When the bacterial spores in...
Singularity Hub | May 2, 2024
Getting microbes to eat plastic is a frequently touted solution to our growing waste problem, but making the approach practical is tricky. A new techn...
ABC 10 News | May 2, 2024
A team of researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½ has come up with a unique solution to help with the world's plastic problem. They created a form of plastic th...
Earth.com | May 2, 2024
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed an innovative biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), commonly used in pr...
NPR | May 2, 2024
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer...
Guided Solutions | May 2, 2024
Athin film that combines an electrode grid and LEDs can both track and produce a visual representation of the brain?s activity in real-time during sur...
IEEE Spectrum | May 2, 2024
Quotes extensively computer science teaching professor Leo Porter....
Cosmos Magazine | May 1, 2024
US researchers have developed a new form of biodegradable plastic where dormant bacterial spores are prompted to "digest" the material at th...