Clouds of microplastics concentrate in the air of our homes, and we could be breathing in millions of them each year. A few ...

Mia Heller of Virginia said she got the idea after learning that government agencies were not funding filtration programs ...

Kids these days are truly amazing. When I was in high school, my biggest accomplishment was making straight A’s - and I was ...

Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laundry is an important but often overlooked source of microplastics. Credit: Firn/shutterstocj.com (Firn/shutterstocj.com) ...

Teen's magnetic filter removes 95% of brain-contaminating microplastics using reusable ferrofluid technology that eliminates costly membrane replacements.

Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms ...

Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics – tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn now ...

Microplastics are now found almost everywhere, even in remote regions of Antarctica. They enter the human body through the food chain. Studies indicate that microplastics may have negative effects on ...

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Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

A high school student invented a cost-effective filter removing 95% of microplastics from drinking water. The reusable, ...