Researchers report in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology that they have discovered an enzyme that breaks apart ...

Researchers discover a bacteria in wastewater that can break down PET plastic, offering a solution to the global plastic ...

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered ...

Comamonadacae is a family of bacteria often found growing on plastics in water. New study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme ...

Feces doesn’t appear to be on the menu for zooplankton. While these tiny aquatic animals are known to graze on other bacteria ...

Food labels that say "sell by" or "best before" are misleading because they have no universal meaning under current laws. Now ...

If these microplastics are further covered in bacteria and viruses, then we’re eating those, too. Further, plastic pollution in the ocean has been shown to act as rafts, carrying coastal species to ...

Countries where citizens have high seafood diets are notably consuming more microplastics, with scientists putting this down ...

Much of the world’s plastic waste – from large items down to barely visible microplastic particles – ends up in the ocean, where it can persist for hundreds of years. Here it has negative effects on ...

The deadline for this is 5 April 2025. How much could topping up earn you? It would cost £907.40 to cover all NI contributions from the 2023-24 tax year - each year is different but this is a ...