Tiny plastic particles are accumulating in human tissues at increasingly higher levels, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday shows. The study, led by Matthew Campen of the ...

Scientists uncovered a grim find when collecting samples from a human brain in recent research. The equivalent of an entire standard spoon of plastic shards were found, which could mean that a scary ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

A plastic spoon’s worth of plastic is inside your brain: “Research reveals that human brains contain approximately a spoon's worth of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), with levels 3-5 times ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...

OTTAWA, Canada — Microplastics aren’t just polluting our oceans and landscapes; they’re infiltrating our bodies. Scientists have discovered that human brains can contain approximately a spoonful of ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...