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Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics

SEM images of LCAP films incubated undisturbed for more than a year in pristine forest soil. The arrow in panel (d) points at an object inside of such a cavity that might represent a (damaged) microbial cell; however, these were found very rarely; empty cavities were more representative (a-c). Image credit: Lerner et al., doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wrag203.

Biologists studying how bacteria break down a new generation of plant-based bioplastics -- long-chain aliphatic polyesters -- have discovered an enzyme that can dismantle both plastic and antibiotics.

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Scientists Add Unlikely New Member to World’s Carnivorous Plants

Morphology of Saxifraga candelabrum. Image credit: Zhang et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75288-y.

More than 150 years after Charles Darwin first wondered whether certain sticky-leaved Saxifraga plants might be secretly carnivorous, Kunming Institute of Botany researcher Tao Deng and colleagues say they have finally confirmed it.

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Après deux décennies de recherche, un traitement prometteur ralentit enfin Alzheimer

Une chercheuse suisse et son équipe ont mis au point un médicament capable de ralentir l’évolution de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Il a été testé sur des souris et les résultats obtenus sont prometteurs, laissant penser que ce nouveau traitement pourrait un jour améliorer la qualité de vie des...

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Voici comment des chercheurs ont réussi à produire un médicament anticancer essentiel grâce à de la levure

Une avancée majeure dans la production de traitements contre le cancer pourrait bientôt changer la vie de millions de patients à travers le monde, en rendant ces médicaments plus accessibles, abordables et respectueux de l’environnement. 

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