Scientists create 'super enzyme' that eats plastic bottles six times faster

Scientists have created a new "super enzyme" that can break down plastic up to six times faster than their previous enzyme.
Potato farmers in Kenya
Scientists collaborate to save East Africa’s potatoes from a new pest threat
Scientists at CGIAR-IITA, working with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) under the joint Nematology Unit, NemAfrica, housed at icipe’s campus in Nairobi, and their national and international partners, have been at the forefront of efforts to address a new emerging pest threat to the production of potato in the East Africa region, and in many other countries in the world.