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British Firm Develops New Solution For Plastic to Self-Destruct in 2 Years

Medicine & Technology Oct 18, 2022

A United Kingdom-based startup has developed a new solution that’s making plastics self-destruct if they escape into the environment. Read to know more.

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Destined to Die: Roundworm Has a Self-destruct Program to Lower Its Colony’s Demand for Food

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The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) will sacrifice itself for the colony so that it may have more food to eat. It also shares the same ancestor with humans, who lived almost 600 million years ago.

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