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Life after death for empty shells: Crustacean fisheries create a mountain of waste shells, made of a strong natural polymer, chitin. Now chemists are helping to put this waste to some surprising uses

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Who's counting on krill? Whatever happened to krill? Once they were touted as a vast untapped source of protein, but few took the idea seriously. Yet, down in the Southern Ocean huge fishing fleets are bringing in the krill - despite the fact that no one

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