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

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

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.

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 right size to disrupt ...

If you look at a piece of plastic through a powerful microscope, you’ll see alternating ... plastic into the environment, it creates micro- and nanoplastics that look like they are going to ...

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

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

New research by Queen’s University Belfast has found that chewing gum can release over a quarter of a million microplastics and detectable levels of nanoplastics into ... a single-use plastic. Under ...