Small microplasticsWastewaterThe quantification of microplastics (MPs), especially small MPs (20–100μm), in freshwater environment and wastewaters is a great challenge due to the complexity of environmental compartment. In the present study, a novel method based on the optimization of sampling, ...
Enzyme recycling of plastic waste, and the potential to form a bioeconomy for plastics The ‘plastisphere’, the microbiological communities that live on plastics How chemists sample and detect microplastics in water Speaker:Tanja Narancic Tanja Narancic is a PI and an Assistant professor at the Sc...
“The breakdown of larger plastic pieces into microplastics and nanoplastics presents significant threats to food systems, ecosystems, and human health,” said Dr. Tianxi Yang, an assistant professor in the faculty of land and food systems, who developed the tool. “This new technique allow...
A TDS meter is an instrument used to measure the total dissolved solids (TDS) in any given sample of water. It measures the electrical conductivity (EC) of the water, which is then measured in parts per million (ppm). TDS meters are used to measure the purity of drinking water. In mos...
microplastics, and the herbicide glyphosate, depending on the particles’ coating. What makes it even more efficient is its magnetic nature, which allows easy removal from water using a magnet, taking the pollutants along with it. Recently, the team has optimized these particles to capture ...
Log In Sign Up Subjects Science How does sonar affect marine life?Question:How does sonar affect marine life?Sonar:Sonar is a technology that uses sound waves to detect objects. It is particularly useful in the deep ocean owing to the fact that it is very dark and thus vision-based ...
debris. The catch bag can hold up to 20kg of waste and can be changed several times. Under glassy or foggy weather conditions, Seabin V5 has a 50-metre radius. In the case of windy or tidal conditions, the unit uses its strategic positioning system for currents and wind to detect li...
the muscle fibers, prying them apart. photograph slice after slice of an ant muscle like this, use ai to detect the bits of fungus and paint them green, and stack the photographs once more to make a 3-d model, and you can start to grasp the destruction the fiend has wrought. what ...
but they can be slowly photodegraded. Sun radiation breaks the plastic down into smaller and smaller pieces referred to as microplastics. These microplastics often absorb highly toxic chemicals. Fish can mistake the microplastics for food, causing their death or/and contamination of the food chain....
Take the case of Elizabeth, a South Sudanese refugee living in Alere refugeesettlement, northern Uganda. One day she found that the crops she had planted to feed her family had been destroyed by cattle. Devastated, she went to report the matter to the chief. After she'd explained her stor...