British scientists have built what they say is the world's first artificial stomach: a shiny, high-tech box that physically simulates human digestion. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The hazards associated with microplastic pollution are becoming increasingly recognized. However, one study suggests that researchers have misjudged the impacts of nanoplastics — the insidiously ...

(Nanowerk News) In a recently published study in Analyst ("From mouth to gut: microfluidic in vitro simulation of human gastro-intestinal digestion and intestinal permeability"), INL researchers ...

A new $3.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant is helping University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) researchers delve into one of the body’s most fascinating processes ...

Gastric digestion is a multifaceted process that hinges on the interplay between food structure and its biochemical composition. The dynamic transformation of food in the stomach not only determines ...

When meals are taken late at night, the body is not in an optimal state to process food effectively, which can have both ...

A new study has found that microplastics have been found in bile. Here is what this means for your body and why it should ...