Plastic fragments smaller than a grain of rice are everywhere in modern wastewater, washed in from cosmetics, clothing, food ...

Microplastics are abundant in municipal wastewater, with concentrations ranging from 10 to 470 particles per liter in sewage. Despite the vast scale of urban sewer systems—extensive underground ...

North Shore shellfish beds that have been closed for almost two weeks after a sewage spill in the Merrimack River will soon ...

Ammonia rarely makes headlines, but much of modern life depends on it. The compound of nitrogen and hydrogen is the key ingredient in the fertilizers that help feed roughly half of the world’s ...

Scientists visually tracked an RNA intron jumping from a predator to its prey, revealing insights into gene transfer across ...

Scientists have identified sertraline — the active ingredient in Zoloft and dozens of other antidepressants — in the brain tissue of hammerhead sharks caught off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

New research suggests naturally occurring microbes could help break down microplastics, offering a promising biological ...

Wichita is getting serious about turning what goes down the drain into something you can drink, and city leaders are backing ...

Big data from weather satellites, radars and 5,547 shelters shapes real-time routes that avoid inundated areas during heavy ...

Growing up on the shores of Grand Lake St. Marys in west central Ohio, Grace Gramza developed a passion for improving water quality. Today, the now-Midland resident is putting that inspiration into ...

Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have identified a type of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) that can effectively remove lead from contaminated water. The study highlights the role of exopolysaccharides ...