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Integrating Plant Physiology with Smart Sensor Networks to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Residents of industrialized countries spend over 80% of their time indoors, increasingly in air-tight structures. Although these buildings need less energy, the build-up of particulate matter & toxic gases may prove detrimental to human health.

23 Apr 2018

Researchers Discover Aquatic Moss that Removes Arsenic from Drinking Water

Researchers from Stockholm University have discovered a moss that has the ability to eliminate arsenic from contaminated water. This process takes place in just an hour, and also the arsenic level is so low that the water is safe to drink.

18 Apr 2018

Agenda for Minimizing Carbon Emissions in the Shipping Sector

A shipping sector summit has been investigating the ways of reducing its contribution to the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement. However, the difficulty in achieving this is not a lack of low carbon technologies.

17 Apr 2018

New Acidimicrobiaceae Bacterium A6 Could Prevent Water Pollution

Although sewage treatment could be a trivial job, bacteria are always gladly doing it. Sewage plants are dependent on bacteria to eliminate environmental toxins from waste to ensure that the processed water can be securely discharged into rivers and oceans.

12 Apr 2018

Study Shows Many Different Carbon-Pricing Approaches Would Help Curb Emissions

Placing a tax on carbon, together with returning the yielded revenue to the public, can be an effective approach to controlling greenhouse gas emissions.

6 Apr 2018

Study Determines the Presence of Microplastic Particles in Organic Fertilizers

Dumping plastic materials into organic waste bins contributes to environmental pollution as they are usually used to synthesize biogas.

6 Apr 2018

Fertilization Triggers Lake Emissions of Greenhouse Gases Worldwide

Lake size and nutrients trigger how much greenhouse gases are released worldwide from lakes into the atmosphere.

29 Mar 2018

Plastic Pollution Converted into Wastewater Cleaners

University of Bristol researchers have discovered a method to re-use a common plastic to break down destructive dyes found in wastewater.

9 Mar 2018

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Usable Energy and Chemicals

Visualize if carbon dioxide (CO2) could easily be transformed into usable energy. Now, researchers are one step closer.

7 Mar 2018

New Solution to Combat Sulfuric Acid Corrosion at Wastewater Plants

Wastewater systems form a part of every community’s infrastructure. In a perfect world, they function well and are long-lasting. However, biogenic transformation processes in sewage and water treatment systems are a "natural enemy" of conventional plants, often causing damage to concrete and metal elements, which is expensive to repair.

26 Feb 2018