Colon + septic tank = unique, at times stinky, study

Colon + septic tank = unique, at times stinky, study

03/10/2015 12:39 PM EDT

What do a human colon, septic tank, copper nanoparticles and zebrafish have in common? They were the key components used by researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of California, Los Angeles, to study the impact copper nanoparticles, which are found in everything from paint to cosmetics, have on organisms inadvertently exposed to them.

Full story at http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/27490

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University of California, Riverside

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