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Study Outlines Challenges to Ongoing Clean-up of Burnt and Unburnt Nurdles Along Sri Lanka’s Coastline

Newswise reports on a new peer-reviewed study characterizes how the fire modified the physical and chemical properties of the nurdles and proposes that these properties affected their distribution along the coast. The study, published today in the journal ACS Environmental Au, also provides guidance for the continuing clean-up and monitoring effort and for any potential…

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JP Student Beckett Colson’s Microplastic Impedance Sensor recognized in the MRS Bulletin

JP Student Beckett Colson’s microplastic impedance sensor is recognized in the Materials Research Society Bulletin. Both Colson and Michel are quoted in the article: “We really do not know the impact of microplastics on the environment and therefore we need robust approaches for measuring them, she says. Colson, a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute…

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Flow-Through Quantification of Microplastics Using Impedance Spectroscopy

JP student Beckett Colson’s impedance spectroscopy paper has recently been published in ACS Sensors. The paper was selected as an editor’s choice and an image of the plastics was chosen for the cover. “A range of bead sizes were used to demonstrate the efficacy of using impedance spectroscopy for flow-through detection of microplastics. The microplastics…

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