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  Benji

  

  Researchers Discover Wax Worms Can Break Down Plastic With Their Saliva

  My Modern Met - Madeleine Muzdakis

  A scientist was tending to her amateur beehives one day when she noticed something strange. She had removed a bunch of wax worms—larvae that live in beehives and feast upon the wax combs—and placed them in a plastic trash bag. Strangely, the bag was now full of holes. “We found it wasn’t only …

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  Wax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastic bags, scientists discover

  The Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editor

  Its enzymes degrade polyethylene within hours at room temperature and could ‘revolutionise’ recycling Enzymes that rapidly break down plastic bags have been discovered in the saliva of wax worms, which are moth larvae that infest beehives. The enzymes are the first reported to break down polyethylene …

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  Benji

  This All-New NanoTechnology Bypasses Everything We knew About Water Desalination

  greentech-news.org - Geraldine

  NanoTechnologyNanoTechnology Desalination, Sea Water Desalination, Desalination Plants, Desalination of water, Desalination of seawater, Carbon …

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  Producing food while restoring the planet – a glimpse of farming in the future

  Aeon Magazine - TED-Ed

  The agricultural revolution that began around 10,000 years ago marks a turning point in human history: the dawn of civilisation. Farming enabled us …

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  Plastic-munching superworms offer hope for recycling

  BBC News - By Tiffanie Turnbull

  A species of insect larvae with a taste for plastic could help revolutionise recycling, researchers say. Australian scientists have found the Zophobas morio - commonly known as a superworm - can survive on a diet of polystyrene. They believe the beetle larvae digest the plastic through a gut …

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  If we can farm metal from plants, what else can we learn from life on Earth?

  The Guardian - James Bridle

  There is so much intelligence on this planet other than ours. Realising that will be key to adapting to climate breakdown For the past couple of years, I’ve been working with researchers in northern Greece who are farming metal. In a remote, beautiful field, high in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, …