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Scientists hope new enzyme will 'eat' plastic pollution

Scientistshaveaccidentallydevelopedaplastic-eatingenzymethatmaybeusedtocombatoneoftheworld'sworstpollutionproblems.ResearchersfromBritain'sUniversityofPortsmout

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Engineered enzyme can eat polluting plastics: study

Scientistshaveengineeredanenzymewhichcandigestsomeofthemostcommonlypollutingplastics,providingapotentialsolutiontooneoftheworld'sbiggestenvironmentalproblems.As

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AI-powered robot finds common soap ingredient may combat malaria

Aroundhalfoftheworld'spopulationisatriskofcontractingmalariaanditcausesaroundhalfamilliondeathseachyear.However,theparasitesthatcausemalariaarebecomingmoreresis

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Aussie researchers create enzyme to help drug testers

Detecting the use of performance- enhancing drugs in sport might become easier thanks to the Australian development of a bacterial enzyme which recognizes when an athlete is doping.

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Austrian researchers find enzyme linked to obesity health complications

Austrian and German researchers have found the enzyme HO-1 to be a key factor in determining the degree of sickness that results from obesity, APA reported Thursday.