Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem.

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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...