A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study ...

Bertocchini placed the worms in a typical plastic shopping bag. Soon she discovered the bag riddled with holes. Alongside University of Cambridge biochemists colleagues Paolo Bombelli and ...

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It's made in the United States from recycled plastic and comes with a 10-year warranty. For those with cramped spaces, like ...

Federica Bertocchini at the Margarita Salas Center for Biological Research and her colleagues have isolated unique, plastic-eating enzymes from the saliva of wax worms. These biological agents ...

Kenyan researchers hope to find a home-grown solution to the global plastic problem by scaling up the science.

Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste. This is based on research published in October that could create new ways to deal with plastic ...