Rresearchers have genetically engineered two synthetic bacteria they say can help turn plastic waste into more useful chemicals. The two bacteria strains can process the common plastic polyethylene terephthalate and create terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. These two products can then be used in the production of materials used in insulators, foams, coatings, adhesives and nylon.
Researchers have developed minimal nanozymes with the capacity of capturing carbon dioxide emitted in industrial processes and applicable to other environmental remediation processes, based on artificial molecular structures formed by the peptides of only seven amino acids.
