Tag: plastic

Products from polyurethane on the exhibition stand. Industry

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AbPURase, amino acids, bacteria, blind search, China, clothes, couch cushions, crosslinking, E. coli, engineering, enzymes, foresight, graph neural networks, GRASE, landfills, mattresses, mutation, natural enzymes, neural network, plastic, polyurethane, promiscuous activity, protein engineering, recycling, selection, shoes, urethanases, yoga mats}

Can Protein Design Outpace Directed Evolution in Recycling Plastic?

_{Emily Reeves
November 11, 2025

Computational Sciences, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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What is polyurethane and where is it used? It’s a type of plastic and it is pretty much everywhere: shoes, clothes, yoga mats, mattresses, couch cushions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aluminum, batteries, COSM 2023, electronics, entrepreneurs, George Gilder, graphene, James Tour, materials science, mice, modernity, Nobel Prize, plastic, plastics, Rice University, spinal cord}

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2023

Medicine, Physical Sciences

5}

Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biofluorescence, bioluminescence, Captain Dave Anderson, Colombia, convergent evolution, endangered species, evolution, Florida Atlantic University, fossils, Georgia Institute of Technology, Honduras, humpback whale, intelligent design, Live Science, Living Waters, National Geographic, plastic, Science (journal), sea turtles, sex chromosomes, University of Queensland}

Sea Turtles Display Elegant Design Solutions; They’re Also Really Cute

_{David Coppedge
July 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Apart from their being adorable, what many may not realize is that their motion on the sand is also amazingly efficient. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, Chernobyl, digestion, electricity, intelligent design, Michael Behe, microbes, New Scientist, ocean, plastic, Secrets of the Cell, Titanic, University of North Carolina}

“Bacteria Are Incredible” — Here Are More Illustrations

_{David Coppedge
June 7, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

Much of our plastic debris accumulates in the oceans where it collects in huge revolving garbage patches on the surface called gyres. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy, agriculture, Anthony Fauci, beef, contraceptives, Davos, economics, experts, global warming, Great Reset, greenhouse gases, lubricants, manufacturing, pandemic, plastic}

The Plan to Destroy Animal Agriculture

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 18, 2021

Bioethics

3}

It wouldn’t just be the lives and wellbeing of rural Americans. Doing away with cattle would upend major industries throughout the economy. Read More ›

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Date
September 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Ann Gauger, antibodies, bioRxiv, biosphere, coral reefs, Darwinian evolution, environmental science, evolution, fish, homeostasis, hydrocarbons, intelligent design, Michael Behe, microbes, mutations, oceans, physiologists, plastic, PNAS, pollution, polyethylene, Saudi Arabia, sea turtles, The Edge of Evolution, waste products, Wired Magazine}

Plastic-Eating Microbes — “Rapid Evolution” May Not Be Darwinian at All

_{Science and Culture
September 17, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Environmental scientists warn frequently that the world is drowning in plastic. Here is some unexpected good news. Read More ›