Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

In a world increasingly choked by plastic waste, a glimmer of hope emerges from an unexpected corner of nature: ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.

From discovering plastic-eating bacterium to finding a new catalytic process in soils, the Aristilde Research Group had a busy year in 2024. It published seven papers and submitted four more for ...

Scientists discover plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up world’s oceans. Bacteria and fungi are evolving to eat plastic but their impact will likely be limited to specific applications ...

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature ...

The bacteria living in the mealworms' gut help them break down the complex polymers in plastic. ... Plastic-eating fungi could help take a bite out of Earth's rampant pollution crisis, ...

At this Northwestern professor's lab, plastic-eating microbes show promise to gobble up microplastics in nature “We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions,” says Ludmilla ...

Instead, when they start eating plastic, the bacteria in their guts might change to help break it down. Thus, the microbes in the mealworms’ stomachs can adjust to unusual diets, like plastic. These ...

A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds. Scientists hope it is a pollution solution.