Goodbye plastic? Scientists create new supermaterial that outperforms metals and glass Read the full story from Rice University. Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of metals and the flexibility of plastic—without the pollution. Using a spinning bioreactor, they’ve turned Earth’s purest biopolymer … https://envnewsbits.info/2025/....08/12/goodbye-plasti
