Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can't see them, but there likely are nanoplastics in this Mediterranean seawater. Lisa Schaetzle, Moment, via Getty Images ...

Microplastics are often named as a major polluter of both the planet and our bodies, but what does the actual science say?

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 ...

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Microplastics Symposium 2025: Small particles, big problems. This series of seminars on will focus on the detection and analysis of microplastics, the ...

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 ...

Entanglement -- linking distant particles or groups of particles so that one cannot be described without the other -- is at the core of the quantum revolution changing the face of modern technology.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The air inside your home and car may be quietly filling your lungs with thousands of plastic fragments every single day, according ...

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 ...