Hospitals around the world generate millions of tonnes of plastic waste annually. Much of this waste comes from single-use ...

Perotto and colleagues took advantage of the thiol groups on the cysteine amino acids in keratin. They thought they could ...

The soil bacterium Cupriavidus necator has attracted the attention of researchers and industry for decades. This is partly because, through biochemical reactions, the bacterium converts the renewable ...

Bioplastics, synthesized from plant sugars ... believes the answer lies in a mechanism called DNA endoreplication. The process, which occurs naturally in most flowering plants, gives rise to ...

Scientists enhanced a soilbacterium's metabolism, accelerating growth for efficient bioplastic and chemical production.

They improved the process of using microorganisms in production while using the same ingredients used for making existing bioplastics. When the researchers tested the new material in a nitrogen ...

Takahashi’s team wants to produce cellulose bioplastics from agricultural waste, such as leftover banana stems and sugar beet pulp. Cellulose from these crops is harder to process than that from ...