Many of us don't think twice about casually popping a stick of gum in our mouth. But chew on this: When you do, you're also ...

The study found that chewing gum could release a surprisingly high amount of microplastics. On average, 100 microplastic ...

Chewing gum has a fascinating and storied history. Here is everything you need to know about how chewing gum became what it is today.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine, in collaboration with a Finnish team, have explored an unusual but promising solution: chewing gum infused with antiviral ...

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a chewing gum that could significantly curb the spread of two of the world’s most prevalent ...

To that end, they developed a chewing gum, now in clinical trials, containing plant-derived proteins that block the virus’s ability to interact with host cells. Their latest study is an attempt ...

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But is it really surprising considering gum is pretty much made of plastic?

Chewing gum fiends might want to think twice before popping in another piece of gum. A pilot study found that chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva. Specifically, gum can release hundreds ...

The release of FRIL and total protein from bean gum using chewing simulator ART-5. Credit: Rachel Kulchar They demonstrated that 40 milligrams of a two-gram bean gum tablet was adequate to reduce ...