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In general, plastics are processed at way over a hundred degrees Celsius. Enzymes, by contrast, cannot usually withstand these high temperatures. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applie ...

CTK Bio Canada Develops Bioplastic Resin Designed to Break Down in Soil and Seawater CTK Bio Canada (the “Company”) has developed a new bioplastic resin designed to biodegrade by both industrial and home composting, as well as in unmanagedenvironments like soil and seawater, in order to reduce microplastic pollution. CTK Bio Canada Feb 19, 2021 The Company is now undertaking detailed experimental trials with academic partners to further enhance and validate its technology ahead of anticipated commercial rollout in 2022, meanwhile a provisional patent has been filed. Over 360 million ton...

February 16, 2021 Heather Maynard, professor of chemistry and the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor of Polymer Science, has been named an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The weekly journal of the American Chemical Society, it publishes approximately 19,000 pages of articles, communications and perspectives a year. Maynard is a worldwide leader in the area of protein-polymer conjugates, which are important therapeutics for a variety of diseases. She develops new synthetic methods to make the materials, invents new polymers to improve properties such as stability and...

CUSAT find ways to recycle used medical masks as engineering products February 10, 2021 × Plastic fibres separated from the used medical face masks could be blended with rubber to make polymer compounds and manufacture engineering products. Disposal of face masks in these pandemic times has turned out to be a challenge for many. The researchers at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) have developed an innovative method to recycle these used medical face masks as engineering products. Prasanth Raghavan and P. M. Sabura Begum faculties at CUSAT, who jointly guided the resear...