Yimin Wu receives funding from Tang Family Chair in New Energy Materials and Sustainability, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the seed funding from the Water Institute (WI) ...

University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to turn plastic waste into a Parkinson's drug, advancing a new approach known as "bio-upcycling". The University of Edinburgh biotechnology ...

Plastic upcycling efficiently converts plastics to valuable commodity chemicals while using less of the precious metal ruthenium. The method could recycle waste plastic pollution into useful products, ...

In 1869 an innovative new material was created: plastic. Initially envisioned as a substitute for ivory in making billiard balls, the versatility of this new material has seen it applied to almost ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic ...

Plastic bottles have been transformed into a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease using bacteria, a study has shown. It is the first time a natural, biological process has been used to turn plastic waste ...

A government initiative seeks a "major transformation of agriculture and rural artificial intelligence (AI)" to boost farm productivity 30% and cut labor 10% by 2030. The plan is to integrate AI ...

Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk protein. Researchers at Flinders University blended calcium ...

March Madness will be officially underway in just a few hours when the full 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is released. There are a handful of teams that are considered "locks" for the 68-team field ...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have developed a biological process to convert PET plastics from food and beverage packaging into a medication for dopamine replacement therapy for ...