Plastic-eating fungus! A German research team is investigating fungi that can break down synthetic polymers—what we commonly call plastic.
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Amazing. Hopefully it'll work on a large scale!
And😀😀😀😀OOPS
The Fungus mutates killing all Humans on Earth.
anything humans devise, creates 5 additional problems….
Without Paul Stammets they'd never have fugured out how to engineer this. 🍄
Ok, but can it also eat the plastic in our balls?
Plot for movie: fungi escapes laboratory and starts to eat everything plastic fast. After decade society collapses, as every mechanism has plastic in it and people are not adapted to live without plastic.
It is still a step forward. 🙂
Which plastics? Over what time period? These facts would be good for a news channel to include
watch out on cable straps
One fungus, two fungi.
What dose it turn it into when they eat plastic?Will it grow on randomly or is it controlled? Can it degrade plasics in machinery or circuit boards?
I'm a pretty Fun Guy myself. 😊