A major breakthrough in plastic technology promises to tackle one of the planet’s biggest environmental challenges:plastic waste. Researchers have developed a new kind of plastic that can be ...

A new kind of "living plastic" developed by scientists in China could help address how some materials last far longer than the products they make up. Instead of lingering for years, this plastic can ...

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Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, ...

A living plastic with a pair of cooperative, plastic-busting enzymes degraded the material completely within six days. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...