Researchers eye squid bone to rid the world of microplastics
In China, researchers from the University of Wuhan and Guangxi University have produced a fibrous, microplastics-attracting foam by combining cellulose fibers from cotton and chitin, a biopolymer the team sourced from squid skeletons. According to the team, sponges made out of the material were able to soak up upwards of 99% of the particles found […]
