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This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it is a brief news digest covering unrelated scientific topics including atomic manipulation, heart rate monitoring, and cuttlefish vision, with only a passing mention of trapping nanoplastics.
Throwing and catching single atoms / Monitoring heart rates / Boost for perovskite / �Cold� electrons to X-rays / Trapping nanoplastics / STEM education and workforce / Cuttlefish-like vision / Industry news
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