Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...

Researchers have found that chewing gum releases microplastics into people's mouths, adding another source of microplastic ...

Chewing a single piece of gum can release hundreds to thousands of pieces of microplastic into the saliva in your ...

Particles can be atoms, molecules or ions. Particles behave differently in solids, liquids and gases. The particle model explains the differences between solids, liquids and gases. Changes of ...

In a new scientific paper, three physicians report that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water could cut your microplastic intake by about 90% — from 90,000 to 4,000 particles each year.

How tiny plastic particles enter the atmosphere is an important question, as airborne microplastics are a potential health threat. Using a global chemical transport model, researchers have ...

Colloidal self-assembly is a process where colloidal particles spontaneously organize into ordered structures under specific ...