The enzyme-enhanced plastic film had the same strength and flexibility as a standard plastic grocery bag. UC Berkeley photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering Some single-use plastics have been replaced ...

Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary in Sonoma County provides therapeutic cedar enzyme baths in which guests are covered with warm wood shavings and rice bran. The treatment originated in Japan. For most of the ...

A pinch of polymer-munching enzymes could make biodegradable plastic packaging and forks truly compostable. With moderate heat, enzyme-laced films of the plastic disintegrated in standard compost or ...

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Before our appointment at Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, a peaceful retreat off the Bodega Highway in West Sonoma county, a friend and I popped into a nearby gift shop. We told the owner that we were ...

Healdsburg resident Simone Wilson in an enzyme cedar bath at the Osmosis Day Spa in Freestone, Calif. (Andri Tambunan / For The Times) Before our appointment at Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, a peaceful ...