Nobody seemed to know for sure, but every once in a while someone in the discussion would float a suggestion that made ...

It is a unique member of the plastic family as it can be broken down into its constituent units (or monomers) by PETases, which are enzymes that degrade PET. Until now, scientists have discovered ...

Engineered enzymes are poised to have transformative impacts across applications in energy, materials, biotechnology, and medicine. Recently, machine learning has emerged as a useful tool for ...

Audrey Girard (Department of Food Science) has accomplished the first demonstration of additive manufacturing via protein denaturation (AMPD). The paper is published in the journal Green Chemistry.

Rubisco is the enzyme responsible for carbon fixation in plants, algae and many bacteria. A screen of a comprehensive library of rubisco variants (each with a different single-amino-acid mutation ...

All reaction components were dissolved in sterile water to ensure the entire reaction system was enzyme-free. At the end of the experiment, samples containing ricin were completely eliminated by ...