Charred Soil, Living Allies: How Biochar and Pseudomonas Team Up to Grow Crops and Eat Pollution
A new review in Microbial Ecology details how combining biochar with Pseudomonas bacteria boosts crop growth and pollutant breakdown, while ...
Tag: biodegradation
Biodegradable Plastics Can Shed More Microplastics Than Conventional Ones, Study Finds
A new University of Alicante study finds that biodegradable plastics such as PLA, PHB and thermoplastic starch can release as ...
Marine bacterium reveals its full molecular playbook for devouring bioplastic
Researchers at Savitribai Phule Pune University have mapped the complete gene-level mechanism by which the marine bacterium Nocardiopsis dassonvillei NCIM ...
The Hidden Toxicity in Our Clothes: Why Synthetic Textile Dyes Refuse to Break Down
A new review in Environmental Science and Pollution Research synthesizes recent evidence showing that synthetic textile dyes persist in water, ...
Ocean Bacteria That Eat Oil May Also Help Recycle the World’s Plastics
A new review shows that the marine oil-degrading bacterium Alcanivorax also colonises plastic debris and produces powerful esterases capable of ...
Superworm Gut Microbes Devour Disposable Face Masks, Study Finds
Researchers in China report that superworm larvae can degrade disposable polypropylene face masks at high rates, and that the breakdown ...
Engineered Microbes Could Turn Plastic Waste Into a Circular Resource
A new review details how engineered enzymes and microbial cell factories are being deployed to degrade fossil plastics and synthesize ...
Soil Bacteria From Mango Orchards Devour Persistent Neonicotinoid Pesticide
Researchers in India have isolated two Pseudomonas strains from mango orchard soil that degrade up to 99 percent of the ...
Soil Bacteria Team Up to Dismantle a Widely Used Insecticide
Researchers have engineered a two-strain bacterial consortium that degrades over 91 percent of the insecticide fipronil in 14 days, mapping ...
Engineered Enzyme Shreds Plastic in Seawater at Room Temperature
Researchers have engineered an enzyme variant that depolymerizes post-consumer PET in natural seawater at 37 degrees Celsius, achieving monomer yields ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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