Bacteria-sized robots take on microplastics and win by breaking them down (IMAGE)

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Bacteria-sized robots take on microplastics and win by breaking them down

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Metallic microrobots (dark blue dots) colonize a jagged piece of microplastic under visible light, breaking down the plastic into smaller molecules.

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Adapted from <i>ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces</i> <b>2021</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04559

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