Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste
“This work really demonstrates the power of bringing together different disciplines, from synthetic biology to chemical engineering to artificial intelligence”
29-Apr-2022 -
An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.
This discovery, published in Nature, could help solve one of the world’s most ...
artificial intelligence
chemical engineering
enzymes
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