Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

The half-life of a piece of plastic in the environment can be over 1,000 years. ... She’s currently analyzing data from an effort this summer, in which she ran lake water through sieves with holes 10 ...

Plastic straws are a common piece of trash that end up on Cape Cod beaches. But how long does it take for one that ends up in the ocean to break down? Local researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

The piece of plastic that caused the contamination is called a plate, but it’s more like a brick. It’s rectangular with 96 holes in the shape of tiny pipettes where DNA swabs are inserted for ...

How a piece of plastic shut down DNA testing at the Hennepin County crime lab. ... It’s rectangular with 96 holes in the shape of tiny pipettes where DNA swabs are inserted for testing.

A widget is a hollow, spherical piece of food-grade plastic with a tiny hole in it, Guinness representatives told Insider over email. It basically looks like a little ping pong ball .

The Best Hole Saws for Creating Perfect Holes in Wood, Metal, and Plastic Create perfectly round holes in a range of materials—just add a power drill. By Alex Rennie Published: May 04, 2023 5:00 ...

Follow a piece of plastic from a river to the ocean. Special | 7m 31s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Follow researchers as they show first-hand how microplastics get into our waterways and beaches.

Unsurprisingly, removal of the plastic trim reveals a series of holes in the wheel, which are used to hold the trim pieces in place. Uncovered Chevy Blazer EV wheel with exposed holes.

These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed. Trillions of pieces of plastic are estimated to float in oceans around the world ...