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New living plastic self-destructs in 6 days, without leaving microplastics
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (600+ words) Once switched on, the microbes produced two cooperating enzymes. A new "living plastic" may point to a possible answer for a stubborn waste problem: disposable materials that outlast their usefulness by centuries. In experiments, researchers made a version that fully…...