With the variety of different electrical boxes available at home centers, how do you know what to buy? Don’t worry, it’s not ...

A woman has come forward and shared information regarding the ‘suspicious' box that saw Weymouth Police Station evacuated ...

More electronics designers are specifying OKW’s tough SOLID-BOX to safeguard sensitive touch screens, control panels and ...

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 ...

Thus, the catalyst could make plastic production more environmentally friendly. The research findings were published today in Nature Chemistry.

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 ...

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 ...