And now microparticles of plastic have even been found… can you guess where, Beth?

现在甚至还发现了塑料微粒… … 你能猜到发现吗，贝丝？

It was chemical engineer and material scientist Yendry Corrales-Urena who noticed the silica-based microparticles.

注意到这种硅基微粒的是化学工程师兼材料学家耶德利·拉斯-包尼亚。

Any time plastic containers are heated, chemical changes in the material mean it can leach microparticles into your food.

每当塑料容器被加热时，材料发生的化学变化意味着会有微粒子渗入到食。

But when the material is subjected to high pressure, the microparticles are squeezed close enough together to carry a current.

但当这种材料受到高压影响其的金属微粒受到挤压便会带电。

The scientists covered batteries with a material—technically a quantum-tunneling composite—in which microparticles of conductive metal are suspended in an insulating layer.

学家们用一种名为QTC合成的材料裹住电池从而使得导电的金属微粒在绝缘层内同外界隔离。

And it turns out that, while harvesting that nanocellulose, you can also get rosettelike silica-based microparticles.

结果发现，在获得纳米纤维素的同时，还可以得到玫瑰花状的硅基微粒。