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 Honey, who shrunk the plastic [1]

solutions are always sweet, and if they come along with a dash of sugar, they are bound to work wonders. Scientists from Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (ncl) have found that a small amount of sugar can help make a more ecofriendly kind of plastic.

It is well known that soil bacteria such as Serratia marcescens and species of Pseudomonas and Bacillus have a sweet tooth. Therefore, the scientists decided to make a

Publication Date: 
14/06/2003
Neha Dua [2]
Down to Earth [3]
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Plastics [4], Waste Treatment [5], Technology [6], Research [7]
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