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Junk plastic turns into high-value commodity with chemistry trick
Polymer Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science podcast with Maren Hunsberger, Nick Petric Howe and Nick Petrić Howe
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Nature journalists discuss a chemical route that converts PVC waste into motor lubricant and engineered yeast that produces a potential cancer drug.
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