A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Berkeley scientists have developed a smartphone-based biosensor that mimics coffee-ring physics to detect disease proteins with exceptional sensitivity — but more research is needed before it reaches ...

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris ...

The current infrastructure also isn’t set up to fully account for the shifting behavior of wildfire smoke, which can travel ...

By surviving atmospheric entry and spreading across Earth’s surface, cosmic dust could have gradually increased the concentration of vital elements in key locations. Cosmic dust is made up of fine ...

Don’t call them Duergar—they’re dark dwarfs. A new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) proposes that the core of our galaxy is full of an all-new category of ...

Particle characterization through light scattering offers non-invasive, precise measurements, crucial for advancements in ...

Air quality is uniquely terrible after all those official and illegal fireworks are detonated to celebrate Independence Day.

For the first time, ETH Zurich Materials Scientists are measuring the rolling friction of tiny, micrometre-sized particles. These measurements permit them to better understand everyday products such ...

Many persistent sinus infections involve biofilms – colonies of bacteria that group together to resist efforts to kill them.

A light layer of Saharan dust is expected to drift along the Texas Gulf Coast by Sunday, bringing hazy skies, reduced air ...