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New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster
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theguardian.com
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gmays
on Oct 3, 2020
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WMCRUN
on Oct 3, 2020
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Sounds cool, but what is the waste product when the enzyme breaks down the plastic? Matter isn’t destroyed...only converted.
lowdose
on Oct 4, 2020
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Enzymes don't eat they accelerate. Enzymes lower the amount of energy that must be put in for a specific reaction to begin.
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