Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A walrus is seen in Alaska's Chukchi Sea in June of 2010. Research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks student found microplastics ...

How many tiny pieces of plastic are currently inside your body? A series of headline-grabbing studies in the last few years have claimed to have found microplastics throughout human bodies—inside ...

The signaling molecules of the immune system should trigger a response only where necessary. To prevent a life-threatening spread to the rest of the body, connective tissue can absorb these molecules ...

Collagen is the most abundant structural protein within the body. A structural protein contains tightly-packed molecules that provide structure to various tissues in the body. Examples of such tissues ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers investigated the cellular tropism, replication competence, persistence and evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...

For the first time, tiny bits of plastic have been found in the body tissue of Pacific walruses, lodged in the animals’ muscles, blubber and livers. The findings, from a University of Alaska Fairbanks ...