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North Carolina State University: Mussel Sensors Pave the Way for New Environmental Monitoring Tools
March 24, 2021
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 24 (TNSJou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed and demonstrated a new system that allows them to remotely monitor the behavior of freshwater mussels. The system could be used to alert researchers to the presence of toxic substances in aquatic ecosystems.

"When mussels feed, they open their shells; but if there's something noxious in th . . .

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