Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. In the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different ...

Tel Aviv University study has uncovered alarming findings about the spread of microplastic particles in the marine food web.

When you’re boiling water for pasta, throwing a bit of salt into the water can help it boil a little bit faster–if only by a ...

A study has revealed that the amount of plastic particles in water contained in plastic bottles is 10 to 100 times higher ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says such particles in drinking water do not appear to pose a risk. But the WHO said the findings were based on "limited information" and it called for greater ...

In a solid like this brick, the particles are regularly arranged touching their neighbours and move only by vibrating. This explains why solids have a fixed shape. In a liquid like water ...

A recent study has found that plastic particles are found in bottled water, and they have been linked to several health problems, including cancer, birth defects and fertility issues ...

If a crystal of a coloured soluble chemical, eg potassium manganate(VII), is placed in water, the particles spread out and mix with the water particles. As well as diffusion occurring between ...