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Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

9 June 2022

Enzymes made by gut bacteria in larvae of the beetle Zophobas morio can degrade polystyrene used in packaging, and could help recycle plastics

Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge ocean survey

9 June 2022

A massive survey of the world's oceans has uncovered 5000 viruses that are new to science, some of which are involved in carbon capture on the sea floor

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Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge ocean survey

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