Jessica Heimann and Andrew Barron, Rice University (IMAGE)

Rice University

Jessica Heimann and Andrew Barron, Rice University

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Rice University undergraduate student Jessica Heimann, left, and chemist Andrew Barron led a project in which carbon-60 molecules, aka buckyballs, were treated to allow them to remove valuable but potentially toxic metals from water and other liquids.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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