Monthly Archives: March 2012

Newly discovered fungus eats plastic

BY JESS ZIMMERMAN 1 FEB 2012 2:49 PM A group of Yale students, poking around in the jungles of Ecuador, has unearthed a type of fungus that digests otherwise-unkillable plastics. The microscopic Amazonian fungus feeds on polyurethane, which is a particularly tenacious landfill-clogger even … Continue reading

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