“The most surprising finding of our work is that our fungi could exclusively ... Can fungi solve the plastic crisis? While the discovery of plastic-eating fungi is a step forward, it is unlikely ...

Warnings about plastic ... seas and oceans, the breaking-down of these items into shards small enough to get into the food chain has prompted some doctors to worry aloud that people could be ...

NEUGLOBSOW, Germany (Reuters) – Scientists in Germany have identified plastic-eating fungi that could offer a glimmer of hope in tackling the problem of millions of tonnes of waste polluting the world ...

Another way is through machines, like this one, that clean up plastic floating in our oceans and bring it back to land to be recycled. Scientists are also working on making a bacteria that could ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution ... By incorporating spores of plastic-eating bacteria they've developed a plastic that can ...

Fungi provided the essential minerals they needed before plants evolved roots and could ... plastic waste”. In addition to fungi’s potential to help crop production and fight plastic pollution, ...

Sharjah 24 – Reuters: German scientists have discovered plastic-eating fungi that could help address the millions of tonnes of waste polluting the world's oceans annually. However, they caution that ...

However, they warned their work might only contribute a small part in solving plastic pollution, as there is still a need to reduce food packaging and other debris from entering the environment where ...