https://abc24times.com/ABC 24 Times: an independent, continuous digital dispatch on tech and innovation, the green economy, markets, biotech, culture and ideas, with a constructive, curious voice.en-ushttps://abc24times.com/stories/designed-enzymes-dissolve-industrial-polymers.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/designed-enzymes-dissolve-industrial-polymers.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 05:50:00 -0400Biotech & HealthSynthetic biology teams report closed-loop tanks where designed enzymes break multilayer PET laminates down to clean monomers in under 90 minutes. The results are lab and pilot scale, and the hard questions are cost and energy.https://abc24times.com/stories/lab-grown-materials-replace-leather-biofabrication.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/lab-grown-materials-replace-leather-biofabrication.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2026 20:29:00 -0400Biotech & HealthHow cell and fungal cultures become material, what the process involves, and what a bio-based label can and cannot tell you about a leather alternative.https://abc24times.com/stories/machine-learning-antibiotic-discovery-explained.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/machine-learning-antibiotic-discovery-explained.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2026 18:52:00 -0400Biotech & HealthMachine learning can screen millions of virtual molecules cheaply, changing where drug hunters look first. Candidates still face years of lab work and trials.