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In a South Dakota cavern, scientists are working to capture the most elusive particles in the universe. The North Cavern of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, in the Sanford Underground ...

As plastic waste proliferates around the world, an essential question remains unanswered: What harm, if any, does it cause to human health? A few years ago, as microplastics began turning up in the ...

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies and our food, water and air. Yet finding and identifying microplastics is ...