A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

Living cells are sustained by countless chemical reactions that must be carefully regulated to maintain internal order and ...

Of the 10 billion metric tons of plastic that humans have produced so far, only a small fraction has been recycled. Most of it sits in landfills or in the environment, where it could take centuries to ...

One of my favorite childhood summertime memories is being surrounded by fireflies. As the sun set, their shimmering glow would spark up the backyard like delicate fairy lights. The fact that living ...

Researchers just announced the discovery of an enzyme that can convert the hydrogen in the air directly into energy. The enzyme, called Huc, is both very stable and very efficient, leading to hopes it ...

The controversial process of enhanced enzyme diffusion could enable living systems to resist local equilibrium ...

Scientists discovered hundreds of energy-making enzymes secretly working on human DNA—revealing a hidden “mini-metabolism” ...

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

Economic uncertainty, job losses, and salary cuts are pushing more families into the lower end of the hourglass as they trim expenditure. As this happens, many consumers are trading down in a bid to ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it possible to synthesise chemicals in a more ...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in predicting how to change the optimum temperature of an enzyme using large computer calculations. A cold-adapted enzyme from an Antarctic bacterium was ...