Pulsing ultrasound waves could someday remove microplastics from waterways (IMAGE)

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Pulsing ultrasound waves could someday remove microplastics from waterways

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Microplastics naturally scatter in flowing water (left), but after turning on sound waves, the particles concentrate along the tube’s sides (right), making them easier to remove.

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Menake Piyasena

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