According to the research, a single polypropylene bottle exposed to hot water released more microplastic and nanoplastic ...

Previous research links tiny plastic particles to a range of adverse health conditions but largely stops short of ...

Microplastics have shifted from an abstract pollution problem in distant oceans to a concrete health issue inside our own ...

One of the researchers behind a pioneering new study on bottled water answers PEOPLE's questions about their investigation's unsettling findings Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses ...

Icebergs float on water because the underlying liquid water has a higher density than the iceberg. Liquid water itself has its highest density at 4°C—one of the so-called anomalies of water, i.e.

Biochar made from corn cobs can remove microplastics and ammonia from water, offering a low-cost, reusable filter made from ...

The average one-liter plastic bottle of water contains levels of “nanoplastics” that are 100 times higher than previously thought, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed study, the first to test ...

People who drink from disposable water bottles may be ingesting many more tiny plastic particles than scientists previously thought, according to new research. A study published Monday estimates that, ...

Water is all around us, yet its surface layer—home to chemical reactions that shape life on Earth—is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC's X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.