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Metabolizing Microplastics for Human Health

Plastics have revolutionized material science engineering. However, the use of plastic has had unintended...

San Diego, California

61%
funded

$5,000
goal

18
days left

Clinical and cognitive significance of biomarkers for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease that affects 1% of the world population. Since little is known about...

Dr. Bonnie Firestein

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

24%
funded

$5,000
goal

4
days left

Creating a field dissection microscope that can be built in the field

Microscopes are one of the most important scientific tools. There are no shortage of low-cost microscope...

Julian Stirling, PhD

Dagenham, England

64%
funded

$13,500
goal

39
days left

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National Science Foundation

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