copperhead Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64862,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_html This week, scientists Kevin O'Connor and Patrick Ward, of the Department of Industrial Microbiology at University College Dublin, announced that they have discovered a bacterial strain that uses styrene, a toxic byproduct of the polystyrene industry (which produces Styrofoam, among other things), as fuel to make a type of biodegradable plastic, polyhydroxyalkanoate, known as PHA. Interesting. Supposedly there has already been a bacteria that converts trash into oil. Science kicks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpurdy2003 Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Pretty fuckin' cool. Now when are they going to develop bacteria that can generate money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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