Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...

Studies have long identified washing machines as a major contributor to microplastics, with fibers shedding from clothing ...

Sometimes the best inspiration comes from an unlikely source. If you needed fresh evidence, a new microplastic-filtering technology modeled after fish gill arches could soon solve a key problem ...

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then ...

Scientists claim their invention, based on the way anchovies and mackerel feed, removes nearly all microplastics from laundry ...