Plastics are everywhere—from packaging and textiles to electronics and medical devices. As plastic waste breaks down, it ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus—just the ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus — just the right size to disrupt ...

The researchers, from the University of California, Los Angeles, calculated that one piece of gum could shed hundreds or a ...

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with ...

A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both ...