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A new kind of "living plastic" developed by scientists in China could help address how some materials last far longer than the products they make up. Instead of lingering for years, this plastic can ...

The extent of the damage wrought by plastic on our environment is increasingly well known. Yet, this harmful material permeates the majority of the consumer items we buy and use. Mounds of trash, ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, ...

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Researchers have created self-destructing living plastic that uses engineered bacteria to completely break itself down when activated. The material degrades in just six days without creating ...

Proof-of-concept tests found that the plastic did such a good job at eating itself apart, not even microplastics had a chance. Reading time 2 minutes Plastic pollution doesn’t seem to be getting ...

Plastic is everywhere these days. Just think about your day so far. You probably woke up and reached from a plastic tube of toothpaste, brushed your teeth with a plastic toothbrush and then wrapped ...

Scientists engineered a new type of plastic containing dormant bacteria that can be activated to almost completely break down the material in just six days, leaving behind no microplastics. Unlike ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, ...