Portal:Current events/2018 April 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

Health and environment
  • An international team researching a plastic-consuming bacterium discovered in 2016 at a Japanese landfill site announce the accidental synthesis of an artificial enzyme that breaks down plastics more efficiently than the bacterium. The team suggest the molecule could be used for environmentally sound plastics disposal. (The Guardian)

International relations

Law and crime

Science and technology

Sports