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“A large part of our economy relies on the bay and the ocean, and we wanted to pick a topic that critically affects it. We chose to study the socio-ecological impacts of microplastics within coastal ecosystems as the theme of our E-RISE project.”

- Daniel Roxbury

“Interestingly, the nanotubes are so sensitive that their optical signals within the live cells can distinguish different types of closely related cells.”

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