Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been ...

You can't see them, but there likely are nanoplastics in this Mediterranean seawater. Lisa Schaetzle, Moment, via Getty Images It’s become common to read that microplastics – little bits of plastic, ...

A levitating magnetic microrobot autonomously sorts sub-millimeter particles by weight in 3D environments, enabling precise, contamination-free handling in biomedical and manufacturing applications.

The fields of virology, microbiology, nanoparticles, and extracellular vesicles (EVs) have grown tremendously over the past few years. Viruses, which range in size from 17 nm to ~1.5 µm, small ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in January has been used for a media wave of scaremongering about plastic residue in bottled water. Its results are ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Ultrafine particles emitted from small home appliances with electric heating coils and brushed DC motors cause health ...

FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTKB) has introduced an Enhanced Small Particle (ESP™) Detection Option for its Cytek Aurora™ CS system. This is the ...

While toilet bowls are designed such that the contents are supposed to flush downward, scientists have known for decades that small particles – including those from water, waste and toilet paper – can ...

What’s going on with this silent threat that can stealthily damage your body in ways that can take years to reveal themselves ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mohan Qin, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) It’s become common to ...

BUSAN, South Korea, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Indoor air quality has become an urgent concern in recent times, as we spend a considerable amount of time inside our homes. Advances in measurement ...

While small home appliances are intended to make our lives easier, they can also come with significant health risks. Researchers have characterized the ultrafine particles emitted by some small home ...