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 ...

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 ...

University researchers have developed a small, portable device that can accurately measure microplastics in water samples ...

Expert in microplastics Professor Richard Thompson answers some of the most common questions on microplastics - including how ...

We don’t yet know the health effects of microplastics in the brain. But until we find out more, it’s best to limit our exposure to plastics where we can.

Small, degraded microplastics have already been found ... Prior to that process, the researchers used a transmission electron microscope to take many images of the samples as they rotated in ...

Microplastics are any plastics that are smaller than 5 millimeters, and they can be found in the air, water, food, or environment around us. These tiny pieces are small enough that they can be ...

Microplastics have been reported in many sources of drinking water and everyday food items ... even with a high-powered microscope. So rather than trying to see them, researchers are beginning to use ...