Artificial rocks from macroplastics threaten ocean health

German-Indonesian research team identifies new rock-like compounds from plastic waste and coral rubble for the first time

26-Jul-2023 - Plastic waste is a problem on our beaches. Hence, it is largely removed in a coordinated manner within a few weeks. However, it can litter other coasts of the world for many months to years due to unregulated waste disposal. Often the garbage on the beach is simply burned and a special form of ...

A plastic-eating caterpillar

26-Apr-2017 - Generally speaking, plastic is incredibly resistant to breaking down. That's certainly true of the trillion polyethylene plastic bags that people use each and every year. But researchers reporting in Current Biology on April 24 may be on track to find a solution to plastic waste. The key is a ...

Researchers ID microbe responsible for methane from landfills

08-Apr-2011 - Researchers have long known that landfills produce methane, but had a hard time figuring out why – since landfills do not start out as a friendly environment for the organisms that produce methane. New research from North Carolina State University shows that one species of microbe is paving the ...

Siegfried signed outsourcing agreement with EBM

18-Jan-2011 - The Siegfried Group signed a cooperation agreement for its plant in Zofingen with EBM Industriecontracting AG, a subsidiary of the EBM Group, Münchenstein. In terms of the agreement, which becomes effective retroactively as of 1 January 2011, EBM is responsible for all matters concerning supply ...

A step forward in virology: Trojan horse of viruses revealed

28-Apr-2008 - Viruses use various tricks and disguises to invade cells. ETH Zurich researchers have now discovered yet another strategy used by viruses: the vaccinia virus disguises itself as cell waste, triggers the formation of evaginations in cells and is suspected to enter the cell interior before the ...