{
  "id": 16799607,
  "title": "Tiny droplets use pressure to unlock new routes to degradable plastics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/tiny-droplets-use-pressure-to-unlock-new-routes-to-degradable-plastics",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T21:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-tiny-droplets-pressure-routes-degradable.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Using a new technique, a research group led by Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has substantially increased the range of plastics that can be degraded naturally. The study is published in the journal Macromolecules.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}