Isabella GarryPhoto: Society for Science When Isabella Garry learned that microplastics can enter the human body…
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In 2026, researchers turned water-treatment waste into a filter for microplastics; real-water tests removed 86.9% to 97.1% of the particles
Representative Image (AI-generated) Microplastics are now found across aquatic environments, creating a difficult challenge for water-treatment…
Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen
Wang’s work, done in the lab of Anthony Amend at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa,…