(Natural News) Polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene make up most of the microplastics in the Mediterranean coastal waters, suggests new research. The study, published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, found concentrations as much as 500,000 microplastics per square kilometer in certain areas of the Mediterranean coast. Researchers from the University of Barcelona also found other types of microplastics, such as nylon […]

(Natural News) Turkish inventors have created a new building material that is five times stronger than titanium and has the density of wood planks. Most remarkably, this new “Metallic wood” is lighter than titanium and still has the chemical stability of metal for use in manufacturing applications. The new material is made out of nickel-based […]

(Natural News) In a recent study that was conducted by researchers from Lund University in Sweden, it was revealed that fish are exposed to too much plastic. It has reached such a severity that tiny  plastic particles find their way inside the fishes’ brains and negatively impact the fish’s behavioral patterns, inducing them to quit […]

(Natural News) Is your mouthful of seafood tasting less like a meal and more like poisonous plastic? U.K. researchers recently warned about the dangerous amounts of microplastic pollutants that can get into the bodies of marine animals that humans catch and eat for food. Researchers at the University of Manchester (Manchester) conducted several experiments where […]

(Natural News) People use plastic for a variety of reasons, which has given way to the production of different kinds of the material. However, one of the unintended consequences of such an expansion is that of improper disposal. Experts have developed recycling methods to reduce plastic waste, in an effort to mitigate environmental damage. Now […]