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Microplastics
Microplastics: are very small pieces of plastic that pollute the environment. Microplastics are not a specific kind of plastic, but rather any type of plastic fragment that is less than 5 mm in length.
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JUL 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Microplastics are being found throughout our world; they're in the oceans, in soil, and in our bodies, among other place ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Conservation Biology reports the highest ever concentration of microplastics concentrating in d ...Written By: Samantha LottJUL 15, 2021Immunology
Microplastics—tiny fragments of plastic, less than five millimeters in diameter—pollute our environment and, ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Michigan have figured out how to more accurately track microplastics in the ocean using ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 01, 2021Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution, from the great pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Research recently published in the journal Microplastics and Nanoplastics describes a proof-of-principle study of a new ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Nature Nanotechnology calls for intensified research into the movement of nanoplastics within o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 19, 2021Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution in the ocean is a major problem, from the great Pacifici Garbage Patch to the micro plastics that have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new method of eradicating microplastics in wastewater has been described in a study published recently in the Env ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2020Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the current recycling system isn't efficient enough in handling the plastic wastes our soc ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A study from the University of Plymouth International Marine Litter Research Unit has released a report analyzing the ef ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
According to new research from Northumbria University, England, nearly 13,000 metric tons of microfibers are released in ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 30, 2020Earth & The Environment
Microplastics—the often microscopic plastic particles resulting from the breakdown of large plastic items or mater ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 21, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the American Geophysical Union journal Earth’s Future warns that Arctic communities are ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
By now, you’ve probably heard of microplastics, which have infiltrated the environment from the deepest parts of t ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
Some might think that stepping on a LEGO brick is the worst thing about those toys. However, a new study from the Univer ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 15, 2020Microbiology
Usig cells harvested from frogs, researchers created tiny robots.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2020Microbiology
About 70 percent of the trash in the ocean is made of plastic. There is so much plastic in our oceans, it's thought to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
Plastic litter is a global problem, and some of the tiniest culprits are not visible to the naked eye. These microplasti ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 03, 2019Chemistry & Physics
It's no news that our world is entrenched in plastics. What's more unnerving, recent scientific studies found th ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
It’s more than likely that you’ve heard of plastic microfibers and the dangers that they pose to our oceans, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microplastics are being found throughout our world; they're in the oceans, in soil, and in our bodies, among other place
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Conservation Biology reports the highest ever concentration of microplastics concentrating in d
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JUL 15, 2021
Immunology
Microplastics—tiny fragments of plastic, less than five millimeters in diameter—pollute our environment and,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Michigan have figured out how to more accurately track microplastics in the ocean using
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 01, 2021
Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution, from the great pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Research recently published in the journal Microplastics and Nanoplastics describes a proof-of-principle study of a new
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Nature Nanotechnology calls for intensified research into the movement of nanoplastics within o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 19, 2021
Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution in the ocean is a major problem, from the great Pacifici Garbage Patch to the micro plastics that have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new method of eradicating microplastics in wastewater has been described in a study published recently in the Env
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the current recycling system isn't efficient enough in handling the plastic wastes our soc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Microplastics make headlines frequently these days, and a discovery from Arizona State University (ASU) researchers is b
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A study from the University of Plymouth International Marine Litter Research Unit has released a report analyzing the ef
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
According to new research from Northumbria University, England, nearly 13,000 metric tons of microfibers are released in
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 30, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Microplastics—the often microscopic plastic particles resulting from the breakdown of large plastic items or mater
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the American Geophysical Union journal Earth’s Future warns that Arctic communities are
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
By now, you’ve probably heard of microplastics, which have infiltrated the environment from the deepest parts of t
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Some might think that stepping on a LEGO brick is the worst thing about those toys. However, a new study from the Univer
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 15, 2020
Microbiology
Usig cells harvested from frogs, researchers created tiny robots.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2020
Microbiology
About 70 percent of the trash in the ocean is made of plastic. There is so much plastic in our oceans, it's thought to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Plastic litter is a global problem, and some of the tiniest culprits are not visible to the naked eye. These microplasti
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 03, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
It's no news that our world is entrenched in plastics. What's more unnerving, recent scientific studies found th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It’s more than likely that you’ve heard of plastic microfibers and the dangers that they pose to our oceans,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan