Fish have been quietly perfecting a way to sift tiny particles from water for millions of years, and engineers are finally catching up. A new generation of fish-inspired filters now promises to strip ...

Laundry is an important but often overlooked source of microplastics. Credit: Firn/shutterstocj.com Microplastics are a serious issue, taking thousands of years to break down and being increasingly ...

The trouble with traditional filters is that they can’t do their job without clogging. William & Mary ichthyologist Laurie Sanderson has a patent pending on a new type of filter that is designed to be ...

Goldfish might look as if they are just swimming around with their mouths open, but what goes on inside those mouths is a lot like a high-efficiency industrial filter, according to mathematician ...