Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have created an “optical sieve” capable of detecting minute nanoplastic particles. Functioning much like a test strip, this innovation is designed to provide ...

Plastic pollution is one of the biggest global problems of our time. Most people are familiar with the images of plastic ...

During manufacture and assembly of products, there is a wide range of testing and inspection carried out to ensure the materials and items satisfy their specifications or are fit for the required ...

In recent years, great strides have been made in the fabrication of inorganic nanoparticles of desired size, shape and crystal structure. This synthetic control enables researchers to precisely ...

The established theory of particle physics is called the standard model, and has passed a vast number of experimental tests with flying colours. But one such test — the determination of the magnetic ...