A contraption that skims litter from water has been put to the test in a city's river to check for microplastics. The seabin ...

Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

"Since RDMPs (road dust microplastics) can become airborne and be inhaled, they may contribute to respiratory inflammation, ...

Scientists tracked tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. Some of them became ...

Microplastics pose a threat to heart health, causing harmful changes in vascular cells and increasing the risk of ...

Monash researchers have developed a novel AI program to assist scientists in the global fight against the scourge of ...

Thankfully, there are things you can do to minimize your microplastic intake. Before you cook your next meal, let's head to ...

University of South Florida students are showcasing their research at one of the largest multidisciplinary research ...

A pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) methodology has been specifically developed for the ...

University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step ...

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

A new study found microplastics in the liver and kidneys of 52 people who had died – but the brain had the highest proportion of microplastics of all organs studied. The amount of tiny shards of ...