University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening ...

New research suggests that silver nanoparticles can leach out of antimicrobial plastic packaging and contaminate solid foods.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Silver nanoparticles used in packaging as antimicrobial agents can seep into dry foods, as demonstrated by testing with polyethylene film wraps containing these ...

Professor Bernard Carroll from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences said nanoparticle technology could help ...

While there has been commercial interest in plastic food packaging containing antimicrobial silver nanoparticles, it is not approved in the US or Europe. That caution might be warranted ...

More information: Laxmi Adhikari et al, Silver Migrates to Solid Foods and Abiotic Surfaces from Model Plastic Packaging Containing Silver Nanoparticles, ACS Food Science & Technology (2025). DOI ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles can greatly increase how much toxic chemicals enter plants and human cells.

New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.

The nanoparticles are used in cathode materials ... as they move through the environments and potentially through the food web, affecting local aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems," per the San ...