Tag: polystyrene

New research shows polystyrene microplastics bind to DNA and Taq polymerase, drastically distort DNA quantification, and degrade forensic STR profiles, ...

Researchers at Gyeongsang National University show that UV-crosslinked, solvent-rinsed polystyrene interlayers drive rubrene thin films into uniform orthorhombic spherulites within ...

A systematic review of 43 experimental studies reveals that while microplastics consistently impair growth, photosynthesis, and cellular stress responses in ...

Scientists have engineered zinc-doped carbon dots from a natural flavonoid that protect male fertility from microplastic-induced testicular injury by activating ...

Laboratory flume experiments reveal that air bubble barriers strongly retain large buoyant microplastics but allow small, dense particles to pass ...

New research shows hydrothermal carbonization transforms rather than eliminates PET and polystyrene microplastics in sewage sludge, transferring substantial organic load ...

Researchers have combined near-infrared hyperspectral imaging with a self-organizing map neural network to identify and semi-quantitatively map microplastic contamination on ...

A new review reveals how ultraviolet-driven photooxidation chemically weakens plastics and drives their fragmentation into micro- and nanoplastics across urban, ...

A 28-day mouse study finds sex-specific gut and immune responses to polystyrene nano- and microplastics despite minimal systemic toxicity.

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth found that polystyrene microplastic particles and the additive Irgafos 168 reduce immune cell viability ...