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fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Exclusive: Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally | TechCrunch

The oil and gas industry is shifting focus to plastics, but Epoch Biodesign aims to transform plastic waste into reusable materials using enzymes.
fromArs Technica
5 months ago

Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

You'll often hear plastic pollution referred to as a problem. But the reality is that it's multiple problems. Depending on the properties we need, we form plastics out of different polymers, each of which is held together by a distinct type of chemical bond. So the method we use to break down one type of polymer may be incompatible with the chemistry of another.
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fromwww.nature.com
10 months ago

Complete computational design of high-efficiency Kemp elimination enzymes

The article discusses an advanced computational method for designing high-efficiency Kemp elimination enzymes without extensive mutational screening.
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