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Researchers in China have found a novel way to combat ocean pollution – by developing little robot fish that eat microplastics. Soft to touch and just 1.3 cm in size, these bots can already suck up microplastics in shallow water, according to a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwestern China. Microplastics are the tiny particles that break off from bigger plastic items such as bottles or synthetic clothing, and that are being found virtually everywhere on Earth, threatening the environment as well as animal and human health. Microplastics: Polluting our blood, foetuses - and now the dairy...
