Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may ...

Moreover, the researchers found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa can use broken-down plastic fragments to form tougher biofilms—coatings of protective slime that can increase antibiotic resistance ...

Another example comes from researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, who have devised a method of trapping tiny plastic particles using a sticky bacterial biofilm. Plastic trash like ...

Chen was recently awarded a $360,000 Early Career Proposal grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to investigate how biofilms — the slimy layers of bacteria and microorganisms that grow on surfaces ...

A biological method to treat sewage using moving, biofilm-covered plastic items known as carriers has been gaining prominence, and an Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has found ways to make ...

Spurring more biofilm growth for efficient wastewater treatment Foaming plastic carriers creates uneven surfaces, more area for necessary microorganisms Date: September 4, 2024 Source: Osaka ...

A Cork student’s spray-on biofilm which can be used instead of plastic and tyres to seal silage pits has won one of the big prizes in the annual Student Entrepreneur Awards. Pitseal, an eco ...

Once it gets into the water, plastic debris provides surfaces that can be quickly colonised by microbial communities, forming a biofilm. This plastic-borne community is known as the plastisphere ...

Antarctica, the worlds most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Antarctica, the world's most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine ...