From waste to wonder: Unlocking nature's biochemical recycling secrets

A new perspective published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology uncovers a previously unknown biochemical recycling…

Study finds only one type of consumer dictates price

It’s commonly assumed that the supply-and-demand economics of the consumer marketplace dictates price. If you are…

US mulling forced cuts of Colorado River use as water dwindles

The US government announced Tuesday that it is considering imposing across-the-board cuts in usage of the…

To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Tuesday to limit the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after…

Cancer-causing chemicals detected in toys and headphones

Cancer-causing chlorinated paraffins are still used in a wide range of everyday products sold in North…

Exploring catalytic methane removal to mitigate its environmental effect

A new review published in Science China Chemistry has summarized recent progresses in the oxidation of…

Research uncovers how plants pass 'memory' of high carbon dioxide to their offspring

New research lead by Keith Slotkin, Ph.D., a member of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center,…

World's biggest cumulative logjam, newly mapped in the Arctic, stores 3.4 million tons of carbon

Throughout the Arctic, fallen trees make their way from forests to the ocean by way of…

The 2022 Durban floods were the most catastrophic yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, says study

The disastrous flood that hit Durban in April 2022 was the most catastrophic natural disaster yet…

G-7 nations tussle over bid to phase out coal power by 2030

Group of Seven nations are butting heads over the timeline for phasing out coal-fired power ahead…