On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

Led by Prof. Jin Ling Nathanael, Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Health Technology and Informatics at PolyU (left), the research ...

The land-water ecotones, such as coastal areas, wetlands, riverine zones, and aquifer recharge areas, serve as important transition zones, fostering intricate biogeochemical processes between ...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports explores the dual functionality of silica-based nanocomposites in antimicrobial and photocatalytic applications. Study: Comparative study of silica and ...

Researchers at McGill University have improved the efficiency of a method for converting human urine into clean energy. The method employs microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which use bacteria to turn ...

On a cool December day in Brooklyn, New York, in 2014, a group of academic and citizen scientists set off onto one of the most polluted 3 km stretches of water in the US. They’d soon find a thriving ...

A research team has developed a synthetic microbial consortium that completely reduces soluble uranium [U(VI)] to insoluble U(IV) within 48 hours, showing nearly twice the efficiency of a ...

Microbial Aspects of Pollution: Some General Considerations -- The Health Hazards of Pollution -- Sewage Pollution of Natural Waters -- The Scope of the Water Pollution Problem -- Microbial Aspects of ...

Walking my dog on coastal beaches will never be the same since I learned about their precarious ecosystems. Beneath their sands lies a hidden world of microbial life that is critical in protecting the ...

This article explains how seasonal changes in ventilation, humidity, and indoor pollutants affect cough, allergies, asthma ...