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April 18, 2024

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Global Study Reveals Health Impacts of Airborne Trace Elements

Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers investigated global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace ...

Pyrite, Also Known as Fool's Gold, May Contain Valuable Lithium, a Key Element for Green Energy

Apr. 15, 2024 — The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an ...

Method to Extract Useful Proteins from Beer-Brewing Leftovers

Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have created a method that extracts over 80 percent of the available protein in grain leftovers from brewing beer, commonly known as brewers' spent ...

Using CO2 and Biomass, Researchers Find Path to More Environmentally Friendly Recyclable Plastics

Apr. 10, 2024 — Researchers have created a potential alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastic that is made from carbon dioxide (CO2) and lignin, a component of wood that is a low-cost byproduct of paper ...

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Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen

Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make ...

Subterranean Storage of Hydrogen

Apr. 9, 2024 — Scientists are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is an important ...

Using Pulp and Paper Waste to Scrub Carbon from Emissions

Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers have come up with an innovative approach to improve the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, using waste material from pulp and paper production. The technique they've pioneered not ...

'Tug of War' Tactic Enhances Chemical Separations for Critical Materials

Apr. 3, 2024 — Lanthanide elements are important for clean energy and other applications. To use them, industry must separate mixed lanthanide sources into individual elements using costly, time-consuming, and ...

Ocean Floor a 'Reservoir' of Plastic Pollution

Apr. 4, 2024 — New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea ...

Testing Environmental Water to Monitor COVID-19 Spread in Unsheltered Encampments

Apr. 3, 2024 — To better understand COVID-19's spread during the pandemic, public health officials expanded wastewater surveillance. These efforts track SARS-CoV-2 ...

Giant Phage Holds Promise as Treatment for Lung Infections

Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new bacterial killer that can target common lung infection caused by Burkholderia bacteria that has exciting potential for biotechnological ...

Open Waste Burning Linked to Air Pollution in Northwestern Greenland

Mar. 28, 2024 — A case study on the effects of open waste burning on air quality in Northwestern Greenland calls attention to the importance of no-one-left-behind sustainable air quality monitoring in the Arctic ...

Curbside Collection Improves Organic Waste Composting, Reduces Methane Emissions

Mar. 26, 2024 — Most organic household waste ends up in landfills where it generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Composting food and garden waste instead of ...

Droughts in Europe Could Be Avoided With Faster Emissions Cuts

Mar. 25, 2024 — Models suggest summer rainfall in southern Europe could decline by up to 48% by the year 2100 if emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise ...

Crackdown on Illicit Drugs Detects Rise in 'Designer' Drug Substitutes

Mar. 25, 2024 — As authorities crack down on illicit drugs, experts have issued an alert on the use of the synthetic stimulant pentylone, as new research finds a 75% increase in detections across ...

A Self-Cleaning Wall Paint

Mar. 25, 2024 — Beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, various substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air cleaner ...

Major Environmental Benefits Recycling Gold With Biodiesel

Mar. 25, 2024 — Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals. Using gold earrings from a pawnshop in Gothenburg and biodiesel from the nearest filling station, the ...

Cleaning Up Environmental Contaminants With Quantum Dot Technology

Mar. 20, 2024 — The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was focused on quantum dots -- objects so tiny, they're controlled by the strange rules of quantum physics. Quantum dots used in electronics are often toxic, ...

Crawfish Could Transfer Ionic Lithium from Their Environment Into Food Chain

Mar. 20, 2024 — Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are showing up in ever more devices, and the increasing use of this technology means more lithium is expected to find its way into the environment as a contaminant. ...

Toxic Metal Particles Can Be Present in Cannabis Vapes Even Before the First Use, Study Finds

Mar. 19, 2024 — Though vapes have been heralded as a 'safer' way to consume either nicotine or cannabis, they present their own suite of risks that are being revealed through increasing regulation. Now, ...

Transforming Wood Waste for Sustainable Manufacturing

Mar. 18, 2024 — Research is exploring how to add value to lignin by breaking it down into small molecules that are structurally similar to oxygenated hydrocarbons. These renewable chemicals are key components in ...

Sustainable Plastics from Agricultural Waste

Mar. 18, 2024 — Scientists have developed a sustainable method to make high-performance plastics from agricultural leftovers, turning them into valuable ...

Multiple Air Pollutants Linked to Asthma Symptoms in Children

Mar. 13, 2024 — Exposure to several combinations of toxic atmospheric pollutants may be triggering asthma symptoms among children, a recent analysis suggests. The study showed that 25 different combinations of air ...

Nanodevices Can Produce Energy from Evaporating Tap or Seawater

Mar. 6, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that nanoscale devices harnessing the hydroelectric effect can harvest electricity from the evaporation of fluids with higher ion concentrations than purified water, ...

Harmful 'Forever Chemicals' Removed from Water With New Electrocatalysis Method

Mar. 5, 2024 — Scientists have developed new electrochemical approaches to clean up pollution from 'forever chemicals' found in clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a wide array of other ...

Plant Lavender, Marjoram and Ivy on Your Green Wall to Clean Up the Air

Mar. 5, 2024 — Green walls can strip pollution from the air -- and some plants do it better than others, according to new research. Researchers planted 10 species on a custom-built 1.4m green ...

Turning Waste Into Gold

Feb. 29, 2024 — Researchers have recovered gold from electronic waste. Their highly sustainable new method is based on a protein fibril sponge, which the scientists derive from whey, a food industry ...

Researchers Develop Novel Method to Photosynthesize Hydrogen Peroxide Using Water and Air

Feb. 28, 2024 — Researchers have developed a microporous covalent organic framework with dense donor-acceptor lattices and engineered linkages for the efficient and clean production of hydrogen peroxide through the ...

Latest Science Shows Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Plastics, Pesticides, and Other Sources Pose Health Threats Globally

Feb. 26, 2024 — A report from the world's leading scientific and medical experts on hormone-related health conditions raises new concerns about the profound threats to human health from endocrine disrupting ...

Streams Connected to Groundwater Show Improved Detoxification and Microbial Diversity

Feb. 23, 2024 — Streams with ample connections to shallow groundwater flow-paths have greater microbial diversity and are more effective at preventing toxic forms of metals -- often products of upstream mining -- ...

Does Russia Stand to Benefit from Climate Change?

Feb. 21, 2024 — There exists a narrative about climate change that says there are winners and losers -- with Russia being one of the countries that stand to benefit from its effects. In a new study, researchers ...

Highways Through Historically Redlined Areas Likely Cause Air Pollution Disparities Today

Feb. 21, 2024 — As part of the New Deal, several governmental programs were created to expand homeownership through mortgages and loans. However, neighborhoods with primarily Black or immigrant communities often ...

Mercury Levels in Tuna Remain Nearly Unchanged Since 1971

Feb. 21, 2024 — Tuna is one of the most popular seafoods worldwide. But this protein-rich fish can build up high levels of methylmercury from feeding on contaminated prey, like smaller fish or crustaceans. Despite ...

An Environmentally Friendly Way to Turn Seafood Waste Into Value-Added Products

Feb. 21, 2024 — Reduce, reuse, recycle, and repurpose: These are all ways we can live more sustainably. One tricky aspect of recycling, though, is that sometimes the recycling process is chemically intensive, and ...