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With fins and light-weight body, the newly developed dropsonde works without parachute unlike conventional ones.

Parachute-Free Device Revolutionizes Typhoon Tracking with Precision Data

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and strength. In seawater (and in soil, not depicted), resalting destroys the bridges, prevending microplastic formation and allowing the plastic to become biodegradable.

Scientists Create Plastic That Safely Dissolves in Seawater, Preventing Microplastic Pollution

Infographic on spinning spider silk with air

Artificial Spider Silk Spins New Possibilities for Medical Treatment

Conventional plastic straws and corn plastic straws did not decompose after 120 days under marine conditions. They have preserved their shape and lost only 5% of their total weight. In the meantime, eco-friendly straws developed by the research team lost more than 50% of their weight after 60 days and decomposed completely after 120 days.

100% biodegradable paper straws that do not become soggy

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