Plastic Color Shapes How Aged Microplastics Soak Up Antibiotics
A new study shows that the color of polypropylene and PMMA microplastics controls how they age and how strongly they ...
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Zinc-Doped Carbon Dots Shield Sperm Cells From Microplastic Damage
Scientists have engineered zinc-doped carbon dots from a natural flavonoid that protect male fertility from microplastic-induced testicular injury by activating ...
Bubble Barriers Catch Floating Microplastics but Let Smaller Particles Slip Through
Laboratory flume experiments reveal that air bubble barriers strongly retain large buoyant microplastics but allow small, dense particles to pass ...
Environment, Not Just Genes: Exposome Framework Targets Inflammatory Bowel Disease Prevention
A new Perspective in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology proposes an exposome-based framework to prevent inflammatory bowel disease through targeted ...
Microplastics Found in Every Milk Sample Tested, With Plastic Bottles Worst
A quality-controlled study of 30 commercial milk samples from Tehran found microplastics in every sample, with plastic-bottled milk showing roughly ...
Stopping Ocean Plastic by 2050 Cuts New Inputs but Won’t Clear the Microplastics Already Building Up
New modelling shows that halting marine plastic inputs by 2050 is essential but insufficient, because legacy debris will keep fragmenting ...
Hidden Hazards in Sewage Sludge Fertilizer: Heavy Metals, Pathogens, and Microplastics
A new review warns that sewage sludge fertilizers carry heavy metals, pathogens, pharmaceuticals, and microplastics, arguing that safe agricultural reuse ...
Polyethylene Microplastics Linger in Soil for Decades as They Quietly Merge With Soil Structure
A 22-month isotope-labeling experiment shows polyethylene microplastics mineralize at just 0.12 percent in agricultural soil while gradually embedding themselves in ...
Sunlight-Aged Microplastics Turn More Toxic to Water Fleas, Study Finds
Brazilian researchers show that sunlight-weathered polyethylene microplastics become more damaging to the reproduction of Daphnia similis, while the insecticide imidacloprid ...
Sewage Sludge Treatment May Transform, Not Destroy, Microplastics in Wastewater
New research shows hydrothermal carbonization transforms rather than eliminates PET and polystyrene microplastics in sewage sludge, transferring substantial organic load ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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