Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

While bacteria can grow biofilms on any surface, researcher Gross found that microplastics supercharged this process. When ...

Microplastics—tiny shards of plastic debris—are all over the planet. They have made their way up food chains, accumulated in ...

Researchers at Boston University have found that microplastics (MPs) provide an ideal platform for bacteria to form ...

Microplastics, like the ones pictured here, have been linked to several health concerns. Researchers from Boston University ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became ...

Microplastics have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains.

Once attached, the bacteria created a biofilm: a sticky material that protects microbes from invaders and keeps them fixed to the surface, Gross explained. The microplastics, she continued ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...