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

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study ...

The researchers will immerse plastic films in freshwater samples (taken from a canal in Lowell) and expose them to ...

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

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

Boston University researchers discovered that microplastics bolster bacteria's antibiotic resistance. The tiny plastic fragments, omnipresent on Earth, facilitate bacterial biofilm creation, thwarting ...

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 ...

"This challenges the notion that microplastics are merely passive carriers of resistant bacteria and highlights their role as ...

“We found that the biofilms on microplastics ... impoverished areas like refugee settlements, where discarded plastic piles ...

“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 ...

Researchers keep finding microplastics in more parts of our bodies — and linking them to more health ill effects.