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10Latest Royal Society of Chemistry News
May 16, 2022
AI-designed enzyme devours plastic at industrial scale Credit: Royal Society of Chemistry This article or excerpt is included in the GLP’s daily curated selection of ideologically diverse news, opinion and analysis of biotechnology innovation. It is posted under Fair Use guidelines . Of the almost 400 million metric tons of plastic that the world produces every year, most ends up in landfills or the natural environment, where it could sit around for centuries before decomposing. Now researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to design an enzyme that can degrade a commonly used plastic in just a day or two. The enzyme, reported in the journal Nature , breaks down polyethylene terephthalate, or PET—commonly used to make fabrics and food and beverage packaging—into its chemical building blocks . The researchers show that those molecules can be recycled back into PET plastic. The results demonstrate a viable route for enzymatic plastic recycling at the industrial scale, they write. “We hope that this work start to establish methods for creating a plastic circular economy,” says Hal Alper, a chemical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author of the study. Follow the latest news and policy debates on agricultural biotech and biomedicine? Subscribe to our newsletter. Alper says that they are now “evaluating how to scale this process into more industrial conditions, and how to apply this same type of approach to other plastic sources. A few companies around the world are starting to look at large-scale enzyme depolymerization, so I think there is quite a lot of promise with this work.”
Royal Society of Chemistry Investments
1 Investments
Royal Society of Chemistry has made 1 investments. Their latest investment was in St Mary's School as part of their Grant on April 4, 2019.
Royal Society of Chemistry Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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4/8/2019 | Grant | St Mary's School | Yes | 1 |
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Royal Society of Chemistry Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Royal Society of Chemistry has 10 strategic partners and customers. Royal Society of Chemistry recently partnered with Charlesworth Author Services on June 6, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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6/15/2020 | Vendor | United Kingdom | By The Charlesworth Group on 14 September, 2021. Through this partnership , The Charlesworth Group are now providing Hindawi with comprehensive digital marketing , including a new Chinese website and search marketing campaigns . | 1 | |
6/15/2020 | Vendor | United Kingdom | Royal Society of Chemistry selects The Charlesworth Group for editing services LONDON 15 June 2020 : The Royal Society of Chemistry has selected The Charlesworth Group to provide English language editing and publication support services in Chinese and English local language as part of an exclusive , enhanced service to their science community . | 1 | |
6/15/2020 | Vendor | United Kingdom | Royal Society of Chemistry selects The Charlesworth Group for editing services LONDON 15 June 2020 : The Royal Society of Chemistry has selected The Charlesworth Group to provide English language editing and publication support services in Chinese and English local language as part of an exclusive , enhanced service to their science community . | 1 | |
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7/22/2019 | Partner |
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News Snippet | By The Charlesworth Group on 14 September, 2021. Through this partnership , The Charlesworth Group are now providing Hindawi with comprehensive digital marketing , including a new Chinese website and search marketing campaigns . | Royal Society of Chemistry selects The Charlesworth Group for editing services LONDON 15 June 2020 : The Royal Society of Chemistry has selected The Charlesworth Group to provide English language editing and publication support services in Chinese and English local language as part of an exclusive , enhanced service to their science community . | Royal Society of Chemistry selects The Charlesworth Group for editing services LONDON 15 June 2020 : The Royal Society of Chemistry has selected The Charlesworth Group to provide English language editing and publication support services in Chinese and English local language as part of an exclusive , enhanced service to their science community . | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Team
3 Team Members
Royal Society of Chemistry has 3 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Robert Parker.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Robert Parker | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Jacinta George | President | Current | |
Dame Carol Robinson | President | Current |
Name | Robert Parker | Jacinta George | Dame Carol Robinson |
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Title | Chief Executive Officer | President | President |
Status | Current | Current | Current |
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