nanoplastics
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Earth
Climber helps scientists discover nanoplastics on remote glacier
Full team: Dr. Al Gill (expedition leader), Robin Milner (technical lead), Tom Baldassari (primary medic), Richard Kay (lead climber and secondary medic), James Sisti (expedition artist). Credit: Zoe Salt (Expedition Photographer) Imagine a glacier. Thinking about ‘sparkling snow’ or ‘plastic pollution’? New research highlights the pervasive nature of plastic pollution, even in remote and seemingly pristine areas like this. In…
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Nanotechnology
Removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water in a low-cost way
Overview of the purification process: Water contaminated by microplastics (PET). Addition of magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with polydopamine and lipase. A magnet is used to remove nanoparticles contained in microplastics. Credit: Enrique Eisi Thoma Researchers at Brazil’s University of São Paulo (USP) have developed a new nanotechnology-based solution to remove micro- and nanoplastics from water. Their research is published in the…
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