It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.
Scientists found microplastics in corals, suggesting that corals absorb plastic waste. This explains where some missing ocean plastics go.
Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...
It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
How can we tell if our drink contains microplastics? Canadian researchers offer an answer. Thanks to a new portable tool, the ...
Even if the world stopped producing new plastic, existing waste will continue to break down into tiny particles, doubling the pollution, a review of two decades of research warns ...
A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia created a portable tool that needs a sample barely the size of a ...
The microplastics were discovered in the olfactory bulb, which is the part of the nose that sits at the base of the brain, ...
Researchers have developed a portable device that can quickly and accurately detect microplastics in drinking water.