Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously (IMAGE)

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Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously

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To clean water, researchers have designed swarms of tiny, spherical robots that collect bacteria and small pieces of plastic. Watch a Headline Science YouTube Short about this research.

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