Gold Nanorod Microneedles Supercharge Infrared Detection of Microplastics
Researchers in South Korea have built microneedle arrays tipped with clustered gold nanorods that amplify mid-infrared signals more than a ...
Tag: nanoplastics
Bottled Water Contains Thousands of Plastic Particles, Major Review Finds
A new review finds that bottled water is widely contaminated with micro- and nanoplastics shed mainly from PET packaging, but ...
Plastic Fluff That Eats Plastic: Recycled Polymer Filters Snare Microplastics and Then Get a Second Job
Researchers at the University of Palermo have created porous filters from recycled polypropylene and PET that capture over 96 percent ...
Plastics Reach the Placenta and the Developing Brain, Review Warns
A new review in Pediatric Research synthesizes evidence that micro- and nanoplastics cross the placenta and accumulate during early childhood, ...
Crustaceans Reveal the Full Toxic Toll of Microplastics and Nanoplastics
A comprehensive review in Ecotoxicology synthesizes how microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in crustaceans and drive damage from oxidative stress and ...
From Soil to Plate: How Tiny Plastics Climb the Food Chain
A new review synthesizes how micro- and nanoplastics enter plants and may pass to animals, while cautioning that evidence of ...
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 ...
How Sunlight Quietly Shatters the World’s Microplastics
A new review reveals how ultraviolet-driven photooxidation chemically weakens plastics and drives their fragmentation into micro- and nanoplastics across urban, ...
Polystyrene Particles Hit Male and Female Mice Differently in 28-Day Toxicity Study
A 28-day mouse study finds sex-specific gut and immune responses to polystyrene nano- and microplastics despite minimal systemic toxicity.
Additives Slow but Reroute How Sunlight Breaks Down Polypropylene
A new study shows that the additives blended into polypropylene dramatically alter how sunlight and mechanical stress break the plastic ...
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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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