When you pull out the detergent drawer of your washing machine, you might sometimes find not only detergent residues but also ...

Innovation Research Grants enable engineering faculty to take their research in bold directions that address critical issues ...

Doh, the hydrogel can be shaped and adapted to irregular anatomical defects while combining rapid haemostasis, strong tissue ...

Biodegradation is the biologically mediated transformation and mineralization of organic or inorganic substances by microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi, and archaea, often via extracellular and ...

Researchers have created a porous geopolymer adsorbent from metakaolin and silica fume, using hydrogen peroxide foaming and ...

Edeline Anthoniraj, a doctoral student in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, is digging into what happens to ...

New research shows a microbial enzyme that degrades biodegradable polyesters also resists penicillin and similar antibiotics.

Microbes can easily erode and weaken a plastic film, causing it to shed microscopic fragments into the culture liquid. This lost mass can be mistaken for biodegradation. But breaking a large piece of ...

A new review in Microbial Ecology details how combining biochar with Pseudomonas bacteria boosts crop growth and pollutant ...

In pulp and paper mills, cooking chemicals, organic matter for fuel, papermaking raw materials, and water are recovered in their respective processes. Black liquor and white water are not treated as ...

In recent years, several studies have emerged concerning organisms that can break down plastic, but the research often has ...

A team in South Australia cast food packaging from milk protein, starch and volcanic clay, buried samples in soil, and ...