A Century of Polymer Science: A Look at the Key Developments
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One hundred years ago, in 1920, the German chemist Hermann Staudinger published his classic paper entitled "Über Polymerisation…
One hundred years ago, in 1920, the German chemist Hermann Staudinger published his classic paper entitled "Über Polymerisation…
) Bachelor-Studenten der TU Kaiserslautern haben Grünalgen das Verdauen von Plastik beigebracht.
Dec 16 · 4 min read From the Great Ocean Cleanup to plastic-eating bacteria, scientists are hard at work cleaning up the earth’s…
We have to stop this misguided, environmental activism based on myths that is crushing the business and convenience climate in…
The biological degradation of plastics is currently investigated as an eco-friendly recycling strategy.
Tijdens de eerste Plastic Health Summit, georganiseerd door de Plastic Soup Foundation, presenteerden onderzoekers van over de…
塑料也许是最让人骄傲又令人纠结的发明之一。 这些轻便、结实、造价低廉的东西给人类带来了极大的便利,却也制造了几乎同样大的麻烦。 2010年,光是192个沿海国家和地区产生的塑料垃圾就多达2.75亿吨。 大量 难以 降解的塑料垃圾,正在对环境和其他生物带来不可…
KOLIČINA i zastupljenost plastičnog otpada na dnu Jadranskog mora među najvišima su u Europi nakon sjeveroistočnog dijela…
Sometime between 2010 and 2015, a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recyclin…
Tempat pembuangan sampah tidak diduga-duga menjadi tempat para ilmuwan menemukan mikroorganisme dan enzim yang diharapkan dapat…
Future fossils. Credit: Lorna Roberts/Shutterstock.com This is an article from Head to Head, a series in which academics from…
This is an article from Head to Head, a series in which academics from different disciplines chew over current debates.
A s you read this, a strange object that looks like a 2,000-foot floating pool noodle is drifting slowly through the central…
Home Earth Environment November 13, 2018 November 13, 2018 by Christopher J. Preston, The Conversation As you read this, a…
Plastic floats on and near the surface of the ocean. NOAA As you read this, a strange object that looks like a 2,000-foot…
As you read this, a strange object that looks like a 2,000-foot floating pool noodle is drifting slowly through the central…
来源:中国科普博览 2018年诺贝尔化学奖于北京时间10月3日18时许揭晓。两位美国科学家和一位英国科学家获得了该项荣誉。与诺贝尔物理学奖类似,化学奖也颇有“黑马”的意思。当然,争议归争议,获奖成果本身的含金量绝对对得起这份表彰。 三位获奖学者,来源:诺贝尔…
Lebensmittel, Verpackungen, Elektroschrott, Plastik: Die Menschheit müllt sich zu.
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Australia is responsible for over 13 thousand tonnes of plastic litter per year.
Australia is responsible for over 13 thousand tonnes of plastic litter per year.
Home Earth Environment July 13, 2018 July 13, 2018 by Kim Borg, The Conversation Australia is responsible for over 13 thousand…
Australia is responsible for over 13 thousand tonnes of plastic litter per year.
A dump truck’s worth of plastic empties into the ocean every minute. Worldwide, humankind produces over 300 million tons of…
Return to Article List SDSC’s 'Comet' Supercomputer Helps Simulate PETase Enzyme Interactions Article ID: 696842 Released: 28-Jun…
A dump truck’s worth of plastic empties into the ocean every minute. Worldwide, humankind produces over 300 million tons of…
Publicado por el 23 mayo, 2018 Comentarios (0) Tweet La ciencia y la tecnología han cambiado nuestras vidas a lo largo de la…
Vi mennesker elsker et ”quick fix”, men et enzym alene, klarer ikke plasten i havene og må ikke blive en undskyldning for at…
Some 20 years ago, an obscure Danish dance music group rode to international fame on a blockbuster single called ‘Barbie Girl’.
Случайное открытие генетиков может приблизить решение важнейшей проблемы — замены пластика, которым завалены окружающие Москву и…
[embedded content] A team of scientists have developed a revolutionary new type of plastic that can be completely recycled back…
One of the amazing things about our universe is that nothing really goes to waste.
Brasileiros participam de trabalho internacional para aumentar a capacidade da PETase de decompor o polietileno tereftalato (PET…
El plástico es omnipresente, barato y fácil de producir, pero deshacernos de él es un quebradero de cabeza, pues no se degrada…
Sometimes great discoveries happen by complete accident. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming when he accidentally…
Marta Buonadonna - 20 aprile 2018 Affoghiamo in un mare di plastica, ma questa emergenza ambientale può essere affrontata e…
Home Chemistry Materials Science April 19, 2018 April 19, 2018 by Emily Flashman, The Conversation The plastic bottles we throw…
Scientists accidentally created an enzyme that can break down plastic. But is it any better than recycling? You might call it a…
The plastic bottles we throw away today will be around for hundreds of years. It’s one of the key reasons why the mounting…
The plastic bottles we throw away today will be around for hundreds of years. It’s one of the key reasons why the mounting…
Image copyright David Jones Scientists have improved a naturally occurring enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly…
The natural world is rapidly becoming a giant pile of plastic waste. There are literally six—six!—ungodly large garbage patches…
A Japanese waste dump is an unlikely location for what may be a huge breakthrough in the plastics pollution crisis.
IMPACT 04/17/2018 10:50 am ET The discovery may be a breakthrough in tackling the plastic pollution crisis.
An accidental finding led to the creation of a mutant bacteria that breaks down plastic, the Guardian reports.
An accidental finding led to the creation of a mutant bacteria that breaks down plastic, the Guardian reports.
Un gruppo di scienziati del Regno Unito vuole migliorare il funzionamento di un enzima che digerisce alcuni tipi di plastica.
CLOSE Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in…
CLOSE Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in…
CLOSE Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in…
CLOSE Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in…
Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the…
An international team of scientists have engineered an enzyme that can “eat” one of the most commonly used plastics…
Det kan ta flera hundra år för naturen att bryta ner petflaskor, men ett nytt muterat plastätande enzym kan påskynda processen.
Ein Bakterium kann Plastik verdauen. Langsam zwar, aber immerhin. Um es wirklich nutzbar zu machen, versuchen Forscher, seine…
El plástico es cada vez un problema más acuciante para el medio ambiente. Es muy barato y sencillo de producir, pero tiene el…
El plástico es cada vez un problema más acuciante para el medio ambiente. Es muy barato y sencillo de producir, pero tiene el…
MADRIDActualizado:16/04/2018 22:24h Noticias relacionadas El plástico creado por la humanidad ya pesa 25.000 veces el Empire…
Image copyright David Jones Scientists have improved a naturally occurring enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly…
Image copyright David Jones Scientists have improved a naturally occurring enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly…
Ein Bakterium kann Plastik verdauen. Langsam zwar, aber immerhin. Um es wirklich nutzbar zu machen, versuchen Forscher, seine…
Avec l’essor de la « mode éphémère » ou « fast fashion », 6 000 kilogrammes de vêtements sont jetés à la décharge toutes les…
Editors' note: This article is part of Dear Future, a collaboration between CNET and VICE Motherboard that looks at major…
Asking someone to go a day without using an item partially or wholly made from plastic would be like asking them to go a day…
The rise of fast fashion in Australia means 6000 kg of clothing is dumped in landfill every 10 minutes.
Home Chemistry Materials Science August 16, 2017 August 16, 2017 by Mark Liu, The Conversation The rise of fast fashion in…
Posted August 16, 2017 06:54:37 The rise of fast fashion in Australia means 6,000 kilograms of clothing is dumped in landfill…
The rise of fast fashion in Australia means 6000 kg of clothing is dumped in landfill every 10 minutes.
中国科学院科技战略咨询研究院战略情报研究所研制的“2016全球最受公众关注的科学成果”,通过计量统计遴选出天文学与天体物理[1]、物理学、化学、地球科学、生命科学这五个学科中受到科技界热切关注的科学成果,及中国研究者参与的每个学科TOP30受公众关注的科学成…
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The wax worm has the special ability to eat polyethylene offering a potential solution for plastic pollution.
The wax worms can digest polyethylene, a common plastic, producing ethylene glycol Washington: The shopping bag is an infamous…
The shopping bag is an infamous source of plastic pollution. The 2010 documentary "Bag It" estimated that Americans use 102…
The shopping bag is an infamous source of plastic pollution. The 2010 documentary "Bag It" estimated that Americans use 102…
The shopping bag is an infamous source of plastic pollution. The 2010 documentary "Bag It" estimated that Americans use 102…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Something in the waxworms is digesting the plastic bags, as shown in the report published by Current Biology.
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
Federica Bertocchini, a biologist at Spain's Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria and a hobbyist beekeeper…
The shopping bag is an infamous source of plastic pollution. The 2010 documentary “Bag It” estimated that Americans use 102…
Holes in a plastic bag, the result of 10 worms chewing for 30 minutes. (CSIC Communications Department) The shopping bag is an…
Holes in a plastic bag, the result of 10 worms chewing for 30 minutes. (CSIC Communications Department) The shopping bag is an…