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Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing a new way to remove tiny plastic pollutants from water using specially engineered algae.
Susie Dai, a researcher at Mizzou, recently created a modified strain of algae designed to capture harmful microplastics from contaminated water. Her long term goal is not only to clean waterways but also to recycle the collected plastic into safer bioplastic materials, including composite plastic films.
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