Scientists at the University of California San Diego are using bacterial spores to break down newly developed bioplastic. When the bacterial spores in...
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...
A team of researchers from UC San Diego has come up with a unique solution to help with the world's plastic problem. They created a form of plastic th...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed an innovative biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), commonly used in pr...
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...
Living plastic containing dormant bacteria that spring into life when thrown away to aid decomposition has been invented by scientists. The new biodeg...
Led by a team at the University of California San Diego, the research has developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a melt-p...
Scientists have demonstrated a creative solution to plastic pollution, one of our most pressing environmental problems. Plastic was embedded with spor...
According to a paper published in Nature Communications, University of California San Diego researchers created a biodegradable plastic from bacterial...
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | April 30, 2024
Researchers led by a team at the University of California San Diego have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) that could...