They are everywhere: in oceans, floating in the air, and even inside the human body. Microplastics have become an unavoidable ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Microplastics have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains.

Microplastics, like the ones pictured here, have been linked to several health concerns. Researchers from Boston University ...

Microplastics—tiny shards of plastic debris—are all over the planet. They have made their way up food chains, accumulated in ...

Patagonia’s ‘living rocks’ hold ancient bacterial biofilms, offering insights into early life and potential bioengineering ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...