Minting next-gen industrial plastics with engineered bacteria

In the film “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) has just graduated college. His prosperous parents and elders are anxious to see him do well in life, so they pepper him with career suggestions. In a swimming pool, Mr. McGuire tells Ben: “One word: plastics.” These days, plastics are in bad odor, primarily […]