Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers reported Wednesday they detected microplastics in a majority of cloud samples taken from a mountaintop in China, in a ...

The formation of biofilms on plastic medical devices protect bacteria from the body’s natural defenses against infection, and integrating antimicrobials in the materials is a commonly used method to ...

Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in the atmosphere—sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, we ...

Clouds form when water vapor — an invisible gas in the atmosphere — sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, ...

Microplastics are turning up in unusual places increasingly often as they filter into nearly every facet of life on Earth. They’ve been discovered in drinking water, food, air and even in blood. Now, ...