Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a plastic-eating insect that could revolutionize our approach to waste management.

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 may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but now widespread across the planet, a beetle larvae from the Alphitobius ...

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 ...

The abundance of bacteria indicates that they play a crucial role in breaking down the plastic. This may mean that mealworms may not naturally have the ability to eat plastic. Instead, when they start ...