This film explores the complex process of human digestion, detailing how food is broken down into molecules by the digestive system. It follows the journey of food from the mouth, where it is chewed ...

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 ...

The stomach is located in the upper part of the abdomen. The digestive organs in the abdomen work together to absorb nutrients and move food through the digestion process. They include the stomach, ...

Digestion begins the moment food enters our mouth. Digestion begins the moment food enters our mouth. Our teeth chew and break down the food into smaller pieces while saliva starts to digest ...

The mouth starts the digestion process by breaking food down into a more easily digestible form. It does this through a combination of mechanical and chemical digestion. After people take food in ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...