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Angela Zhan
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Jun 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What if there were a way to biodegrade plastic, instead of having it collect in landfills and pollute oceans? Angela Zhan discovered bacteria that can do just that. The microscopic organisms that she found naturally eat up plastic, turning it into much more environmentally friendly products. Next, she’s scaling up her experiments from lab beakers to an entire bioreactor.
Released:
Jun 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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