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Bushfire Smoke Increasingly Impacting Queensland City Air Quality: QUT Study

Bushfire smoke is affecting Queensland urban air quality more often and more severely than previously understood, with new QUT-led research revealing bushfire-impacted hours have almost tripled in recent years, increasing health risks for communities.

12 Oct 2026

Danish Technological Institute Leads New Method to Secure Clean Drinking Water in Ukraine and Strengthen Danish Emergency Preparedness

With DKK 5.5 million from the Grundfos Foundation, the Danish Technological Institute is heading an initiative to develop and deploy mobile water purification units in war-torn areas of Ukraine in collaboration with the International Red Cross and several partners.

12 Oct 2026

Undergraduate Develops Brain-Inspired Chips to Cut Energy Use

An undergraduate student developing brain-inspired computer chips which could dramatically reduce the energy needed to run artificial intelligence (AI) has secured a major national sustainability award.

12 Oct 2026

Direct Isotopic Tracking Eliminates Uncertainties Inherent in Indirect Nitrogen Flux Estimations

"The lake surface is calm, and the still air is glorious on this cool, cloudless August morning," Iowa State University's Elizabeth Swanner wrote about a research trip to a 60-foot deep, 13-acre lake within Itasca State Park and the Mississippi River headwaters of north-central Minnesota.

10 Oct 2026

Metal-Organic Frameworks Offer a Green Alternative to Fossil-Derived Lactic Acid

Lactic acid is used in food, pharmaceuticals and the production of polylactic acid, a biodegradable polymer. It is commonly made through fermentation, which requires controlled conditions and can take considerable time, while chemical production can depend on fossil-derived feedstocks.

10 Oct 2026

Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive Enforces Extended Producer Responsibility on Pharmaceutical Firms

Several reforms to EU chemicals policy and legislation have been introduced in recent years, with the aim of promoting the green transformation. Many of these reforms also affect the pharmaceutical sector and its stakeholders. A study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland found that changes to EU chemicals legislation create both opportunities and challenges for the green transformation in the pharmaceutical sector.

10 Oct 2026

Socio-Economic Factors Drive Urban Heat Vulnerability Across Diverse Regional Spanish Climates

The methodology, applied in Bilbao, Madrid and Caceres, has shown that socio-economic conditions and the characteristics of the urban fabric have a significant influence on vulnerability. The tool generates vulnerability maps that help determine where adaptation measures to combat heatwaves should be prioritised.

10 Oct 2026

Decade-Long Study Confirms Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of Optoelectronic Material Pollutants

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are regulated under the Stockholm Convention because of their long-term risks to ecosystems and human health. Assessing environmental persistence and long-range transport potential (LRTP) is therefore essential for identifying new candidate POPs.

10 Oct 2026

Study Highlights Life-Cycle Impacts of Trading Feed Versus Animal-Derived Food

The United States currently exports large quantities of soybeans, maize and other feed crops to China, where they support livestock production. This arrangement has advantages: growing the feed in the United States causes less global nitrogen loss than producing the same feed entirely in China, according to the study. Yet the feed and the animals that consume it are largely separated across two countries.

10 Oct 2026

Engineers Design Wave-Shaped Building Facades to Mitigate Aerodynamic Wind Loads

Florida State University faculty are helping build stronger structures by examining how wave-shaped patterns on exterior walls and roofs reduce wind loads on low-rise buildings by up to 60%.

10 Oct 2026