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.

Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism responsible for the fragmentation of plastics into nanoparticles. These ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro ... how nanoplastics form. They discovered that the process begins in the soft ...

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

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

Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in diameter, some a fraction of the width of a strand of human hair. And nanoplastics ... the filter under a microscope.

Microplastics are small plastic ... toothpastes. Nanoplastics are considerably smaller. On the larger side, nanoplastics can be as wide as one human hair. On the small side, they can be undetectable ...

MPs are tiny plastic particles that originate from ... “Shockingly, the traces of micro and nanoplastics were found in all the samples, which gives the indication that there might not be any ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic ... hitting the market 75 years ago, plastic has become ubiquitous -- and so, presumably, have nanoplastics. As it turns out, the ...