Microplastics range from about the width of a bacterium to several millimeters across. Nanoplastics are smaller still. These ...

Despite being the size of a Post-It note, these tiny fiddler crabs can ingest and break down microplastic particles, researchers say. Tiny crabs have secretly been playing an “unheralded role” in ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

If you're focusing on your health this year, plate of microplastics might not be the first thing you think about when cooking. But these tiny plastic particles are everywhere -- in our water, in the ...

Research published in January 2024 found that a liter of bottled water contains about 240,000 tiny pieces of plastic on average. Let's be real, that number sounds insane. Yet here we are, casually ...