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Novel Defluorination Technique Offers Path to Detoxify Persistent Forever Chemicals

Removing harmful chemicals from contaminated water is only one step toward their elimination to prevent contamination from simply moving into another waste stream.

4 Nov 2026

Aerobic Sulfate Reduction in Plant Roots Enables Sustainable Metal Upcycling

Conventional physical and chemical treatments can remove over 90% of heavy metals, but they often require energy-intensive steps and can generate secondary pollution. Phytoremediation is greener, yet plants mainly store metals in biomass, creating hazardous waste rather than recoverable products. Microbial biomineralization can make valuable metal sulfide nanomaterials, but many high-performing sulfide-producing microbes are sulfate-reducing bacteria that grow slowly and are inhibited by oxygen, including oxygen released from plant roots.

4 Nov 2026

Physics-Based Decomposition Improves River Altimetry

Satellite radar altimetry monitors inland water, but narrow rivers remain difficult. Sentinel-3 SAR mode improves along-track resolution to about 300 m, yet its pulse-limited across-track footprint can span kilometers.

3 Nov 2026

Strategic Pyrolysis of Algal Biomass for Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Solid materials that trap CO2 on their surfaces are attracting attention as potentially efficient, reusable tools for reducing emissions.

1 Nov 2026

Evaluating How Oxidized Microplastics Interact with Copper in Aquatic Environments

A newly published study advances our knowledge of how microplastics may age in the environment and whether they stick to other contaminants as they do so.

1 Nov 2026

New Open Access Framework Tracks Rising Maximum Daily Temperatures in the United States

Global warming, the observed increase in the Earth's average global surface temperature since preindustrial (1850-1900) times, currently stands at around 1.63 degrees Celsius.

31 Oct 2026

AIMPLAS Joins European Project GREEN to Develop Biodegradable Solutions for Sustainable Fertilizers

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Center, is participating in GREEN (Generating sustainable, Responsible, Effective, and Eco-frieNdly delivery systems for fertilizing products), a European project coordinated by the University of Birmingham that has received almost €3 million in funding from the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).

30 Oct 2026

Nor-Shipping Aims to Demystify Ship Recycling with New Conference for 2027

With industry estimates suggesting more than 15,000 vessels will need to be recycled by 2032, more than double the number recycled in the previous decade, turning ageing ships into new assets has never been more critical.

30 Oct 2026

International Review Offers New Guidance on Understanding the Benefits of Indoor plants

Indoor plants and green walls can reduce certain air pollutants by around 10-30 percent, while some indoor greening systems could cut the energy needed to cool buildings in certain office zones by up to 27 percent, according to an international review led by the University of Surrey.

30 Oct 2026

Rapid Identification of Radioactive Sources Using Advanced Aerial Computational Modeling Tools

Extreme situations demand speed: researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new computational method that makes it possible to identify radioactive material from the air more accurately within seconds and to determine its quantity and location more precisely.

28 Oct 2026