Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating ...

Over the last 20 years, scientists have come to recognize microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) as a growing form of ...

January 2026, Quezon City.  Plastic fiesta banderitas pose a dual threat:  the massive quantity used for a non-essential purpose and their inherent ...

Weight says a lot. In the kitchen, it could mean cooking with too little or too much of an ingredient. For scientists, a ...

A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...

As computers like the venerable breadbox Commodore 64 age, their plastic doesn’t just turn increasing shades of yellow and ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

Debuting at CES, LEGO’s Smart Brick blends physical toys with subtle tech to create a more responsive play world.

Dedicated volunteers nationwide are working to protect our water from microplastics. Late last year, we won a major step ...

Here we describe an electronic system that uses a dedicated water-level sensor to switch off the pump motor as soon as the ...