The Mystery of the Potato PeopleIn the highlands of Papua New Guinea, there are some rather curious people.Their staple food is sweet potatoes. They eat potatoes in the morning, potatoes at lunch, and ...

Man enzyme” that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution. Researchers found that several biodegradable plastics completely broke ...

Enzymatic deinking represents a sustainable advance in paper recycling, employing biocatalysts to dislodge and disperse printing inks from recovered fibres. Unlike conventional chemical–mechanical ...

A new review proposes combining enzymes fermented from agricultural waste with artificial nanozymes to degrade persistent ...

A cell sitting in fluid looks like one of the most passive things in biology. Nutrients drift toward it on the aimless currents of molecular motion, and now and then one bumps into the right spot on ...

Home to the Indianapolis 500, Indiana offers lush farmland, sandy beaches and a key role as a transportation hub, for which it earned its Crossroad of America nickname. Here are the 19 Indiana cities ...

The Franklin County Sanitary Landfill is expected to reach its capacity in 40 years due to regional population growth. About 75% of the material in the landfill, primarily food and cardboard, could be ...

In this episode on Tekniq, In this episode on Tekniq, we explore the activities pertaining to landfilled waste, a gigantic recycling facility in Malmo, Sweden, followed by the tedious process of ...

Australian researchers said non-recyclable landfill waste could help produce low-carbon cement. Using refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to produce cement could help reduce the carbon footprint of the industry ...