A reengineered mass spectrometer prototype can now analyze up to a billion molecules simultaneously, a leap from conventional ...

From brightly colored textile dyes to persistent pesticides and antibiotics, many modern pollutants dissolved in water — such as Bisphenol A — resist traditional treatment methods. A promising ...

HOUSTON – (May 9, 2025) – A team of researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil, even ones that have never ...

Researchers have directly observed organic hydrotrioxides forming in Earth’s atmosphere, confirming the existence of a class ...

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the ...

Volatile air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide and ozone are only monitored loosely in the EU. Separate devices are used for each individual pollutant, and real-time monitoring is not possible.

A project at at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new approach for identifying hazardous contaminants in soil samples. Described in PNAS, the technique could make it ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are developing a process to remove pollutants from plastic production with selective combustion, according to a press release from the University’s College ...

Microbiotechnology is rapidly evolving in its pursuit of sustainable solutions to environmental pollution, with biosurfactants taking center stage as a ...

A team of researchers has developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil -- even ones that have never been isolated or studied in a lab. A team of researchers at Rice University ...