This Algae Could One Day Pull Microplastics out of Your Drinking Water

Professor Susie Dai has developed engineered algae that can remove and reuse harmful microplastics from wastewater. A researcher at the University of Missouri is developing a new approach to tackle one of the most persistent forms of pollution: microscopic plastic particles in water. Susie Dai of Mizzou has introduced a specially designed strain of algae [...]