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In a paper for Science Advances, environmental biotechnologists at Wuhan University write that their sponge "can remove 98.0 ...

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Chitin is also found in other marine animals, such as crabs, lobsters, and shrimp. Should the researchers in Wuhan find a way to supplement their sponge-making resources with chitin from these ...