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Creepy-sounding lab advances show promise for health and sustainability
Heather Vogel Imethibitishwa ukweli
A suite of recent studies in American Chemical Society journals describes two‑year‑old brain organoids with measurable activity, a wearable electrospinning glove for on‑site wound patches, an edible coating from the Brazilian “wolf apple” that kept baby carrots fresh for up to 15 days at room temperature, and microplastics detected in post‑mortem human retinas.