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Microplastics are everywhere, fromthe Mediterranean seafloortoMount Everest, and the tiny fragments of litter can take hundreds of years to degrade. They can also absorb heavy metals and pollutants that could harm humans or animals that inadvertently consume them. At less than 5mm in length, the polymers are hard to remove manually. But there may be a more efficient method of eliminating the plastic scourge: attacking them with bacteria-sized robots. Scientists at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague recently developed self-propelled microrobots that can swim onto microplastics and break them down....

Yoast has updated itsWordPress SEO pluginwith new content analysis features in partnership withLinkdex. According to Yoast’s announcement, the WordPress SEO plugin is now sporting a new Page Analysis tab, which runs a series of tests on your body content and provides suggestions that’ll improve your piece’s success in search engine rankings. For instance, the plugin now runs a Flesch Reading Ease test, checks for headings, images and links, keyword density, and a variety of other keyword-related checks....

It’s now four years since YouTubeopenedits API, making it infinitely easier for people the world over to integrate video into their websites. A simple copy and paste of the YouTube iFrame embed code, and basic blogs can be transformed into video repositories. The same applies to other video-hosting websites such as Vimeo and Daily Motion too, which have also opened their APIs. But why only embed one video, from one video host into one player?...

Tournament game platforms are a dime a dozen, so it takes something unique to catch our attention. Today, YooMee Games has announced its own spin on the market by placing their focus on causal games which can be accessed and played across a variety of mobile devices, social networks and on web sites. The San Francisco-based startup’s gaming portal,YooMeeGames.com, launches today, with players able to access 25 popular casual games such as: Bubble Town, WordStone, and classic arcade-style games such as Break It, a clone ofPong....

This article was originally published byChristopher CareyonCities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates, follow Cities Today onTwitter,Facebook,LinkedIn,Instagram, andYouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. TheCity of Yorkhas launched what it claims is the UK’s first municipal-wide real-time transport modelling system. Working in partnership with PTV Group, Wood Group and modelling firm RelativeGAP, the city council is now using the technology to manage its road network and monitor areas with no sensors or cameras....