Scientists are still investigating exactly how plastic additives and microplastics affect our bodies, but they’re worried ...

New Mexico: For the first time, microplastics have been detected in human ovarian follicular fluid ... Microplastics—tiny plastic particles that result from the breakdown of larger plastics—are ...

Shutterstock Dubai: Microplastics, tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimetres in size, have already been discovered in human breast milk ... and interact with brain cells,” he explained.

Developing new medications can take years. But computational biologist Aviv Regev says AI-powered cell mapping is transforming the process—helping to create life-saving drugs in much less time.

A) Diagram showing chain breakage in plastic. B) Image of a flexible ... inevitably ending up in the human body. Preliminary studies suggest concerning mechanisms of action: once inhaled or ingested, ...

A £3 million electron microscope has arrived at the University of Oxford's Department of Materials. The microscope will support research across the university's departments and divisions.

each 1/400th the width of a human hair, and used an array of electron microscopes to take high-resolution pictures of each slice. Finally, another team at Princeton University used artificial ...

She posted a series of pictures from the location. In the pictures, plastic bottles and polythene bags were seen scattered all around. It also showed overflowing bins with garbage and other ...

A new study reveals exactly how these plastic shards are formed and why so many end up where they shouldn’t – inside living cells, where they can potentially alter DNA and pose serious risks to human ...

These can be smaller than a virus — just the right size to disrupt cells and ... Antarctic snow to human blood. If you look at a piece of plastic through a powerful microscope, you’ll see ...