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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Microplastics cause clouds to form in places where they wouldn't otherwise, which is likely to have knock-on effects on the ...