When the researchers followed up nearly three years later, they found that the patients with the microplastics were significantly more likely to have suffered a stroke, a heart attack, or death from ...

Microplastics are not a new problem. But scientists are just beginning to understand their behavior and properties. By ...

Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, our water and even the air. Scientists and engineers around the world have developed all sorts of creative strategies to attempt to filter our these tiny ...

A new durable, biodegradable plastic breaks down in seawater, offering a potential solution to microplastic pollution. This ...

Researchers revealed that people are breathing in small particles of plastic without even knowing about it.Research ...

Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could ...

While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...

Microplastics, phthalates, BPA and PFAS are all around us. What to know about these potentially toxic substances, how they ...

Microplastics in the atmosphere may be altering weather and climate by facilitating ice formation in clouds. Penn State ...

Microplastics are found in clouds - and can change the way they work (Getty) Microplastics have already been found in the ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a new durable plastic ...