Search results for wastewater treatment

Environment May 24, 2024

South Africa: Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto's water and soil—study finds food gardens are at risk

For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg's estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 mine dumps includes uranium ...

Bio & Medicine May 23, 2024

Team develops an intelligent nanodevice based on a component of cinnamon essential oil as an antimicrobial agent

A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomaterials y Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) has developed an intelligent "nanokiller" based on a component of cinnamon ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 24, 2024

Giant virus discovered in wastewater treatment plant infects deadly parasite

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 27, 2024

Recently discovered bacterium holds promise for improved wastewater treatment

The recent discovery of the comammox bacterium might prove pivotal in a new and improved approach to wastewater purification that will be more efficient according to research carried out by Pieter Blom. Mr. Blom will receive ...

Analytical Chemistry Jan 24, 2024

Water self-purification achieved via electron donation: Novel catalyst enables sustainable wastewater treatment

Emerging contaminants (ECs) in natural water bodies, including endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals, and synthetic dyes, pose a grave threat to public water safety. Current wastewater treatment technologies, while somewhat ...

Environment Jan 9, 2024

Innovating wastewater treatment: A leap from experience to intelligence

In a recent study published online 18 December 2023 in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, scientists from Peking University introduced a Global WWTP Microbiome-based Integrative Information Platform to address ...

Analytical Chemistry Nov 21, 2023

Progress in wastewater treatment via organic supramolecular photocatalysts under sunlight

Refractory organic pollutants, including phenols, perfluorinated compounds, and antibiotics, are abundant in various industrial wastewater streams such as chemical, pharmaceutical, coking, and dyeing sectors, as well as municipal ...

Analytical Chemistry Nov 2, 2023

New method to recycle adsorbents in wastewater treatment

Removing pollutants from wastewater using adsorbents like activated carbon is often unsustainable. Once saturated, these adsorbents need to be regenerated which can require high temperatures. Pierre Oesterle's thesis shows ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 27, 2023

Stemming the tide of antibiotic resistance: Researchers shed light on the complexities of hospital wastewater treatment

In a paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, a multidisciplinary team including biologists, chemists, chemical engineers, and environmental scientists have investigated the characteristics ...

Environment Sep 27, 2023

Researchers develop advanced wastewater treatment system with promise for greener future

Researchers from King Khalid University have made significant progress in addressing environmental concerns related to the oil industry by developing an advanced wastewater treatment system. The team, led by Dr. Atef El Jery, ...

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