LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 1 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news:

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Husker engineer earns NSF award to study release of micro-, nanoplastics

With a $739,205 National Science Foundation Early Career Award Program grant, Husker engineer Lucia Fernandez-Ballester is working to better understand how micro- and nanoplastics enter the environment, with the goal of designing safer plastic materials.

By Karl Vogel, Engineering