Photo caption: A Pacific mole crab, or sandcrab, in an aquarium jar with researcher Dorothy Horn in the background. (Photo courtesy of Dorothy Horn)
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- Zapping Microplastics Out of Our Waterways With Pulsing Ultrasound Waves
Microplastic particles, less than 5 mm wide, pose potential harm to aquatic life and humans as they pervade waterways worldwide. Researchers have developed a two-stage device using steel tubes and ...
- Scientists shed light on how macrophages interact with microplastics
The eventual breakdown of this plastic into microplastics—0.1–1000 µm-sized particles—is a cause for concern. Humans are exposed to microplastics not only through food consumption but also via ...
- Scientists make a breakthrough in the cellular recognition of microplastics
The eventual breakdown of this plastic into microplastics–0.1–1000 µm-sized particles–is a cause for concern. Humans are exposed to microplastics not only through food consumption but also via ...
- This Surprisingly Basic Technology Might Finally Rid Our Drinking Water of Microplastics
A team of researchers has developed a new method of cleaning microplastics from water using high-pitched sound waves. Unlike previous ultrasound filtering techniques, their method can theoretically ...
- The Download: the threat of microplastics, and mitigating AI bias
Jessica Hamzelou What if we could just ask AI to be less biased? Think of a teacher. Close your eyes. What does that person look like? If you ask Stable Diffusion or DALL-E 2, two of the most popular ...
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- Microplastic found in Antarctic krill and salps
A new study led by researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discovered microplastics in krill (Euphausia superba), a small shrimp-like crustacean, and salps (Salpa thompsoni), a gelatinous ...
- Recycling Plastic Into Filament
Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know, though, it’s not without ...
- Pressure grows to make fashion more sustainable
Once bought, those clothes continue to have an impact due to the water, electricity and chemicals used in washing, as well as the release of plastic microfibers when clothes made from synthetic ...
- 170 trillion pieces of plastic are in the Earth’s oceans, study finds
"We’re breathing it in. We’re drinking it in our water … eating microplastics in our foods. We’re literally eating and drinking our trash." ...
- Legislation introduced to lift Michigan's ban on local plastic-bag bans
A 2016 law has prevented local governments from banning plastic shopping bags. The new bill would allow local bans on plastic bags and single-use plastic containers.
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