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Invisible invaders:
unveiling the carcinogenic threat of microplastics and nanoplastics in colorectal cancer
Key findings reveal that MicroPlastics/NanoPlastics,
via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact,
translocate across biological barriers to induce DNA damage, oxidative stress, and intestinal barrier disruption by reducing tight junction proteins,
while triggering chronic inflammation through pro-inflammatory cytokines and gut microbiota dysbiosis.

Frontiers | Invisible invaders: unveiling the carcinogenic threat of microplastics and nanoplastics in colorectal cancer-a systematic review
ObjectiveMicroplastics (MPs, 0.1–5000 μm) and nanoplastics (NPs, 0.001–0.1 μm) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with strong persistence and bioaccumul...

🧲 Coffee fortified with iron—new microparticles can be added to food and beverages to fight malnutrition
... who'd a thought metal organic frameworks could be edible?
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-coffee-fortified-iron-microparticles-added.html

Coffee fortified with iron—new microparticles can be added to food and beverages to fight malnutrition
Around the world, about 2 billion people suffer from iron deficiency, which can lead to anemia, impaired brain development in children, and increased infant mortality.

Face masks release microplastics and chemicals that could harm people and the environment, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-09-masks-microplastics-chemicals-people-environment.html
Disposable face masks used during Covid have left chemica…

Face masks release microplastics and chemicals that could harm people and the environment, study finds
The global use of face masks surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have since been discarded as waste, contributing to land and water pollution.

Text written in English is shorter than the same thing in German. But man, does English have a knack for synonyms!
#LearningGerman #words

"“Magic” Cleaning Sponges Found to Release Trillions of Microplastic Fibers"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

On-chip microwave sensing of quasiparticles in tantalum superconducting circuits on silicon for scalable quantum technologies
Shima Poorgholam-Khanjari, Paniz Foshat, Mingqi Zhang, Valentino Seferai, Martin Weides, Kaveh Delfanazari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07669

On-chip microwave sensing of quasiparticles in tantalum superconducting circuits on silicon for scalable quantum technologies
The performance and scalability of superconducting quantum circuits are fundamentally constrained by non-equilibrium quasiparticles, which induce microwave losses that limit resonator quality factors and qubit coherence times. Understanding and mitigating these excitations is therefore central to advancing scalable quantum technologies. Here, we demonstrate on-chip microwave sensing of quasiparticles in high-Q α-tantalum coplanar waveguide resonators on silicon, operated in the single-photon r…

AirPods: Diese neuen Features kommen mit iOS 26
Apple ergänzt den Funktionsumfang seiner Ohrstöpsel einmal mehr: Verbesserte Audioqualität für Anrufe, "Studio-Mikrofon" und Kamerafernsteuerung kommen bald.

Habt Ihr alte #MascaraBürsten übrig? 🦔💄 Diese können bei #Igel-#Rettungsstationen lebensrettend sein, da sie helfen, gefährliche

Maskara-Bürsten für Igel-Rettungsstationen
Beim Plastikaussortieren gelangen evtl. auch Maskara-Bürsten auf den Wegwerf-Stapel. Auch im Gewerbe, zum Beispiel in Studios für professionelle Wimpernverlängerung oder Kosmetiksalons fallen diese Bürsten an. Man...

#AliceInBorderland is crap, isn't it? After 2 episodes of irrational and bad acting I thought I'd stay for the "big riddle". Then season 2 doubles down on the incredibly obvious plot armour, infinite rifle ammo and lame acting. I'm out.
#Netflix

I've been listening to a podcast by the German public broadcaster ​ARD about the end of the world. Every episode had a different topic and one was about AI. It was mostly sourced from an interview with a youtuber but one idea is now stuck in my head: what if AI doesn't launch nukes but develops into an all-powerful actor whose aims are not aligned with those of human survival? Do we have a precedent?
Yes. There are such super-human and quasi-immortal beings here on earth today…