The authors studied C. testosteroni’s eating habits so closely that they were able to pinpoint the specific enzyme that ...

The startup will use the new funding to scale up production of its plastic-eating enzymes. This means transferring the biorecycling process from the labs where the team has been developing the ...

Recent research highlights that eating from plastic takeout containers may elevate the risk of congestive heart failure due to gut microbiota changes and inflammation. The study, comprising 3,000 ...

Microplastics have become such a part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of ... research is needed to understand just how eating foods with microplastics affects us.

In one of my favourite examples this week, a UK startup is working to make plastic eating enzymes to help deal with fast fashion. TechCrunch recently profiled Epoch Biodesign, a company that's ...