Researchers Discover New Organisms with an Appetite That Could Help Revolutionize Plastic Recycling Micah Hanks·May 29, 2023Scientists say they have discovered a variety of microbes that can break down plastic at low temperatures.
“Kill Switch” Successfully Inserted into Genetically Engineered Organisms Christopher Plain·February 17, 2022A “kill-switch” which causes genetically engineered organisms to self-destruct has been successfully inserted into a custom-made microbe.
These Genetically Modified Bacteria Can Be Used to Produce Carbon Neutral Biofuel Raquel Santos·November 5, 2021A team of scientists from Washington University has discovered a new way to use bacteria to produce readily usable biofuel.