Life on the Cutting Edge – Discoveries

Life on the Cutting Edge – Discoveries – by Liam Sweeny.

Sweden has bottled sunlight into molecules, creating liquid solar fuel that holds clean energy for over six months.

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2019/06/bottling-sunshine-without-batteries/

Japan has created a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours and enriches the soil in just 10 days.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/scientists-japan-develop-plastic-that-dissolves-seawater-within-hours-2025-06-04/

Scientists found a fungus that eats plastic in pitch darkness – and turns it into edible food.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41529-023-00342-9

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