Physicists are rethinking how to detect elusive particles like neutrinos by combining existing technologies in unconventional ...

Smartwatch: Until now, detecting microplastics in the body requires blood samples and complex lab equipment. This process is expensive and time-consuming. (This device will tell how much plastic is in ...

The EPA just flagged microplastics in drinking water. But your kitchen may already be the bigger problem. Here's what to swap ...

The concept is striking as it takes a form factor people often associate with wellness and turns it into a tool for measuring one of the more disturbing byproducts of modern life. Detecting plastic ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — As the federal government takes new measures to address microplastics, a team at Florida Polytechnic University is finding new ways to detect the tiny particles in water. “We ...

Most wearables promise the usual things: heart rate, sleep tracking, maybe a stress score you did not ask for. This one is after something far more unsettling. Researchers at the University of Tartu’s ...

When Jasper Baur was a freshman at New York's Binghamton University, his interests centered on earth sciences. Then he got involved in a seemingly unrelated pursuit: harnessing drone-mounted ...

Beijing’s annual average PM2.5 fell to 27 µg/m³ in 2025, the lowest since monitoring began, and the city logged only one day of heavy pollution. Residents also saw 311 days of good or moderate air ...

Black plastics have long been one of the most persistent challenges in mechanical recycling. Widely used in packaging, electronics housings and automotive ...

Cancer claims more than 10 million lives every year globally. Research shows that detecting cancer early can greatly improve ...

Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...

A new virus-fighting plastic film could transform everyday surfaces into invisible defenders against disease. Instead of ...