A new study published in Science Advances has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which microplastics can disrupt ...

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Lee Jacobs, co-founder of Long Journey Ventures, thought he had seen it all among his friends and acquaintances in Silicon ...

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The homeowner, who just bought a new construction house, posted misguided lawn plans for their clean-slate dirt yard on ...

NASA has awarded Alaska Pacific University nearly $5 million to establish a Microplastics Research and Education Center in ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm, have infiltrated ecosystems worldwide and are increasingly found in ...

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The scientists found that after exposure to microplastic particles, healthy lung cells showed "increased cell migration, DNA damage, oxidative stress and the activation of signalling pathways that ...

Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough ...