microplastics

So what, you might ask—it’s just plastic! After all, if you accidentally swallow a shirt button, it’ll pass straight through you, right? But when it’s broken down into microscopic fibers, spherules, and shards, it behaves very differently.…

Scientists have found microplastics in bear and deer feces in Taiwan, highlighting how the tiny flakes and particles are flooding natural ecosystems and being ingested by animals and humans even in some of the most remote places on the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain DGIST has announced that a research team led by Professor Lee Ju-hyuck of the Department of Energy Science…

These scanning electron microscope images show silk-coated microcapsules containing vitamin C, at different scales of detail. On the left, and top center, samples made…

Barcelona, July 13 Mounted on paddle boards or kayaks with special trawling nets attached to them, scientists and volunteers crisscross the  waters just off Barcelona's beaches collecting…

Reuters Beijing, July 12 Robot fish that “eat” microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese…

While we know where the plastics came from, the origin of this particular tar wasn’t clear. But generally speaking, whenever oil spills, it floats around and partially evaporates, thickening over time into tar balls, which then wash ashore.…

A UAB research team has managed to track the behaviour of microplastics during their "journey" through the intestinal tract of a living organism and illustrate what happens along the way. The study, carried out on Drosophila melanogaster…

Microplastics are now widely present in the drinking water of Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, a newly published study finds. The tiny particles and flakes, produced when plastic is disposed of improperly and breaks down, seep into the…

Sydney, April 19 Australian researchers have found microplastics in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of the country's most popular and…