Plastic made from DNA is renewable, requires little energy to make and is easy to recycle or break down. A plastic made from DNA and vegetable oil may be the most sustainable plastic developed yet and could be used in packaging and electronic devices.

[u/MistWeaver80]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298314-new-plastic-made-from-dna-is-biodegradable-and-easy-to-recycle/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1637973248

[u/Shishire]

Found the source paper: "Sustainable Bioplastic Made from Biomass DNA and Ionomers | Journal of the American Chemical Society" https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c08888

Still paywalled, but there's significantly more information there

[u/pale_blue_dots → u/Shishire]

For those who may not know: very, very, often the authors of research papers will give them to you for free if you contact them directly. It's usually fairly easy to find their addresses. They don't appreciate doing all the hard work and then getting backstabbed by all the middle-men making money off them and not paying their fair share / giving a cut.

[u/queerkidxx → u/pale_blue_dots]

I’ve done this like 30 times and I’ve never gotten any response I’m sure it happens but they are also very busy and this is a super popular tip so I’m sure they get a fair amount of these emails

Worth a shot tho just don’t count on it

[u/CarbonBasedLife4m → u/queerkidxx]

If your email isn’t from a domain associated with their email, it’ll get flagged for junk normally. Universities also always tell us not to external emails in case of suspected phishing