Science is supposed to help us see the world more clearly but sometimes, it just reveals how strange it really is. A grain of ...

Plastic litter has emerged as a pollutant of concern in the oceans around the world over the past few decades. Defined as plastic litter that is smaller than 5 mm, microplastic is thought to be the ...

A paper by Kazan Federal University has recently been published in Environmental Pollution. Artificial polymer materials are omnipresent today. They are employed in fabrication of various appliances, ...

A cryogen-free optical-coupled scanning probe microscope based on remote helium liquefaction has enabled months-long ...