Rather than being a source, the ocean appears to be a sink, in which 15 percent of all airborne microplastics are deposited.

Microplastics found in IV infusion bags may enter the bloodstream, potentially posing health risks to patients.

Researchers offer advice about new evidence showing the human brain has ... though one small study suggests sweating might facilitate the removal of certain plastic-derived compounds like ...

The world’s companies are believed to generate nearly 460 million metric tons of plastic annually — this figure ... the human brain contains approximately a spoon’s worth of tiny shreds ...

A rhinoplasty, commonly referred to as a nose job, involves an operation either performed from inside the nostrils — a closed rhinoplasty — or by making a small cut on the nose. By breaking ...

The researchers plan to run a small human trial later this year and are ... “One way to mitigate the microplastics problem is to figure out how to clean up existing pollution,” Jaklenec ...

Lightweight plastic is folded in construction ... who along with postdoctoral student Shou-Shan Chiang has been one of the key figures behind the project, said that the origami structure gives ...

The Model Zero A is a very small ... that plastic skirting along the bottom is supposed to hold up under doing regular car things is anyone's guess. I'm a big fan of automakers trying to figure ...

Whether by bullet, plastic bag, fire ... They keep it simple, with small moments of brief context that don’t function as exposition dumps, but rather as small moments of detailed world-building ...