Over the past years there have appeared in the media increasingly more alarming reports about micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) ...

With microplastics and nanoplastics present all over the globe, Northeast Ohio researchers overview human and animal studies ...

Scientists create smallest programmable robots ever - smaller than salt grains, these breakthrough microscopic machines could ...

When we flush our toilets, we create “toilet plumes” that spread far and wide, spreading all sorts of germs into the toilet ...

When a car accident or athletic injury destroys more than 20% of a muscle's mass, the body faces a problem it often can't ...

Carbon fiber (CF) has attained somewhat of a near-mystical appeal in consumer marketing, with it being praised for being ...

Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and non-toxic, while still powerful ...

In a reversal, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

An innovative arrangement employing diverse electronic and optical principles and components leads to precision frequency ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

Polluted air causes an estimated 7 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Much of ...