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Innovative Living Plastics are Strong Until the Moment They Choose to Disappear
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Researchers develop a plastic with bacterial spores. In the experiment, it decays on command and is not intended to form microplastics.
·Berlin, Germany
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Innovative Living Plastics are Strong Until the Moment They Choose to Disappear
Researchers have found a way to mix bacteria into plastic so the material works normally but then disappears entirely when triggered, nicknamed ‘living plastics’. Engineers from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology started with polycaprolactone, a polymer already used in 3D printing and medical sutures. They added dormant spores from two specially modified strains of [...]
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