Tiny solution to dissolving microplastic pollution

Tiny coil-shaped magnets have been used to develop a new approach to purging water sources of microplastics without harming nearby microorganisms.

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The lead researchers from the University of Adelaide in South Australia say by-products created in the breakdown process could also be harnessed as an energy source for microorganisms that the polluting plastics currently plague.

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