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We know nanoplastics are a threat — this new tool can help us figure out just how bad they are

While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller...

Metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light

Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.

Carbon capture could become practical with scalable, affordable materials

Researchers have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable...

MIT engineers develop a way to mass manufacture nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors

Researchers developed a manufacturing technique that rapidly generates large quantities of nanoparticles coated with drug-delivering polymers, which hold great potential for treating cancer....

Researchers discover why plastic sheds dangerous fragments

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the...

Serendipitous discovery could lead to more efficient catalysts

Preparing catalysts by sending hot, steamy car exhaust over them could improve their efficiency and reduce the amount of rare and expensive metals...

A step toward cleaner iron extraction using electricity

Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern world, and there's growing demand for iron-derived products. Traditionally, blast...

New research examines how nanoscopic ripples affect material properties

When materials are created on a nanometer scale -- just a handful of atoms thick -- even the thermal energy present at room...

New method for detecting nanoplastics in body fluids

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A...

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