Bioplastic production using carbon dioxide and light energy is required for sustainable development of our society. Cyanobacteria are a group of bacteria which can fix carbon dioxide and perform ...

This research team previously discovered that by fermenting a type of cyanobacteria (Synechocystis *1), glycogen in the cells is converted into compounds such as succinic acid and lactic acid, which ...

SEATTLE — New bioplastics that degrade in the same time frame as a banana peel have been developed at the University of Washington (UW). Researchers used heat and pressure to make bioplastics from ...

A Kobe University led research team has illuminated the mechanism by which cyanobacteria (Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803) produces D-lactate, showing that malic enzyme facilitates this production.

(Nanowerk News) The production of plastics using biological systems such as bacteria could lead to the sustainable manufacture of biodegradable and biocompatible plastics using carbon from the ...

Sydney — Next-generation bioplastics could be produced from algae. Shawn Price, a doctoral student at University of Technology Sydney (UTS), is five months into a three-year research project to ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timescale as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin. These bioplastics are made from ...

(Nanowerk News) Traditional petrochemical plastics are made from non-renewable fossil fuels and cannot be readily assimilated back into the environment at the end of their useful life. Thus, there is ...

A new bioplastic turns into compost as quickly as a banana peel, and leaves no microplastic behind. The new bioplastic deals with a problem of bio-based plastics, which usually have to be processed in ...