Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Nanotechnology is the use of materials that are one-billionth of a meter (a nanometer) in size. One of its potential uses is to clean up whatever is contaminating water supplies. Analytical chemist ...

New Indian study reveals nanoplastics from PET bottles can harm gut bacteria, red blood cells, and human cells, raising ...

Scientists are more concerned than the average American about potential health and environmental problems associated with nanotechnology, according to a new survey. The concerns of the scientific ...

A pioneering method to simulate how nanoparticles move through the air could boost efforts to combat air pollution, a study suggests. (Nanowerk News) Tiny particles found in exhaust fumes, wildfire ...

In an era where clean water is becoming one of the most contested resources on Earth, a chemist at Virginia Tech University is helping lead the charge with groundbreaking research into nanotechnology ...

When you hear the word nano, what do you think of? Nanoplastic particles? Graphene? Is the nanoscale revolutionizing technology, or producing pollutants too small to manage? Search engine results are ...

New Indian study reveals nano-plastics from PET bottles can harm gut bacteria, red blood cells, and human cells, raising ...

A Murdoch University researcher in Australia has determined that large-scale solar farms affect migratory routes of wildlife due to polarized light pollution, but this could be improved with ...

Nanotechnology is the use of materials that are one-billionth of a metre (a nanometre) in size. One of its potential uses is to clean up whatever is contaminating water supplies. Analytical chemist ...