Australian scientists manage to break down 90% of styrofoam polystyrene plastics in 30 minutes using violet light, air, and ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris ...

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Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to ...

Plastic pollution poses a severe health crisis, infiltrating bodies with harmful chemicals, urging immediate action for ...

Kekulé, born in Darmstadt and trained first as an architect, had already shaken chemistry by insisting carbon forms four ...

Research on microplastic removal technologies highlights the potential of natural extracts and engineered systems to tackle ...

Scientists found microplastics in fluids around human eggs and sperm. Plastics from cookware and packaging affect human ...

At the heart of this innovation are polystyrene (PS) nanospheres, each just 400 nanometers wide—about 250 times thinner than ...

According to the EPA, the average American produced about five pounds of solid waste every day in 2018. Of those five po ...