Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously (IMAGE)

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Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously

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To clean water, researchers have designed swarms of tiny, spherical robots (light yellow) that collect bacteria (green) and small pieces of plastic (gray).

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Adapted from ACS Nano 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02115

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