Hoon Hyung and Jaehong Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Hoon Hyung and Jaehong Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology

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When mixed with natural organic matter in water from the Suwannee River -- a relatively unpolluted waterway that originates in southern Georgia -- multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) remain suspended for more than a month, making them more likely to be transported in the environment, according to Georgia Tech researchers Hoon Hyung, Jaehong Kim (foreground) and Joseph Hughes (not pictured).

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