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September 1, 2016

ICYMI: Improving pesticide’s sticking abilities

by John_A

ICYMI: Improving pesticide's sticking abilities

Today on In Case You Missed It: MIT researchers created a kind of pesticide that is much more likely to stick on plant leaves because its additives are made of negatively and positively charged polymers that bond together. This means far less pesticide needs to be used for the same effect, and fewer pollutants are likely to get into the water system.

If you’re interested in watching the full dominoes video (and why wouldn’t you be, that stuff is mesmerizing) you can find it here. As always, please share any interesting tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd.

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