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Nanobubbles for algae cleanup: Q&A with researcher Wen Zhang

One of the most powerful environmental cleaning technologies in recent years is too small to see with the naked eye. Nanobubbles—tiny gaseous bubbles with diameters of around 100 nanometers—can clean up a range of harmful pollutants in water, from oil spills to algae.

Nanobubbles for algae cleanup: Q&A with researcher Wen Zhang
Image: Phys.org
One of the most powerful environmental cleaning technologies in recent years is too small to see with the naked eye. Nanobubbles—tiny gaseous bubbles with diameters of around 100 nanometers—can clean up a range of harmful pollutants in water, from oil spills to algae.

Originally published at Phys.org

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