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Chemists at Colorado State University designed a process for making a sustainable synthetic plastic. The discovery holds promise for a circular economy based on polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHAs.

Some living microorganisms make PHAs via bacterial fermentation, but synthetic PHAs are expensive to produce and are more brittle and less durable than petrochemical-based plastic.

The research team set out to improve the heat resistance of PHAs and their ability to be molded from liquid into shapes. The newSources: , ,

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