Indian researchers have discovered microplastics in Adelie penguins from Antarctica's Svenner Islands. The study, conducted ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

MICROPLASTICS — plastic particles ranging in size from large grains of sand to particles small enough to become airborne or ...

In a huge step in the fight against microplastics, researchers have created a new plastic that breaks down in seawater. It ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a new durable plastic that won’t pollute ...

Scientists discovered that microplastics act as ice nucleating particles in clouds, potentially influencing weather, climate, ...