Saturday, August 8, 2009

2 kids discover plastic-eating microbes

Via GreenDig....

The implications of plastic-eating bacteria could be monumental, and it started off as a kids' science fair project.

Photo: Samuel Mann/Flickr
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"It’s not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last May’s Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where Daniel Burd, a high school student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, presented his research on microorganisms that can rapidly biodegrade plastic..."
Read the article here.

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