Vice Chancellor Brian Lang told the audience in 2005 that St Andrews prides itself on being 'Britain's top matchmaking ...

Sparks is renowned for pioneering the application of kinetics to soils as well as being one of the first soil scientists to ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have found that a common bacterium can convert everyday plastic waste into ...

Genetically engineered bacteria have been created that can convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the polymer plastic ...

A widely used painkiller could soon be manufactured more sustainably, thanks to a breakthrough that turns plastic waste into ...

Here's a rather novel way to keep trash out of landfills: engineering biologists at the University of Edinburgh have ...

Genetically modified E. coli converted broken-down plastic bottles into acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and ...

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria.

Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, is widely used to treat pain and fever. It is produced from molecules derived from ...

Plastic pills. The bacteria Escherichia coli or E.coli, common in the gut microbiome, can be used to break down plastic into ...

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) had hoped to make all its journals open access (OA) by 2028, but has now decided against ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol, offering a sustainable new path for medicine and ...