Those of you who have followed my posts over the years will have picked up that I am an engineer and a (private) pilot. I ...

In the domestic waste industry, recyclable plastic waste is categorized under either synthetic polymer or synthetic resin waste depending on the material and can be sold to facilities specialized ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

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The limitations of the model are a little weird. It generates video 768 pixels wide, a dimension familiar to most from the famous but outdated 1024×768, but which is also three times 256 ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta (META.O), opens new tab announced on Friday it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in ...

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While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Now, Northwestern University-led researchers have discovered how cells of a Comamonas bacterium are breaking down plastic for food. First, they chew the plastic into small pieces, called nanoplastics.

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, ♳). This polymer is used to make bottles, containers and even clothing. Now, researchers report ...

Ever wonder what to do with those empty plastic berry containers cluttering your kitchen? Before you feed them to the recycling bin, consider giving them a second life. A clever TikTok hack made the ...