Class 12 student develops prototype to extract microplastics from human blood

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• A Class 12 student from Rajasthan, Suramrit Singh Kohli of Jayshree Periwal International School, developed a research prototype called NanoClear to capture microplastics from blood.
• The project uses magnetic nanoparticles of about 91 nanometres with a positively charged inner coating to attract negatively charged plastic particles, which are then separated using magnetic fields.