Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are adding to their list of consumer products that contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a toxic class of fluorine compounds known as "forever chemicals."
Environment
Mar 8, 2023
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Plastic pollution is now pervasive in our environment, contaminating everywhere from our homes and workplaces to the planet's deepest recesses. The problem regularly makes headlines, with the spotlight turned toward ocean ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2023
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A new study has for the first time predicted which invasive species could pose a future threat to the UK's ecologically unique Overseas Territories.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2023
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French prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the appearance of vast quantities of tiny toxic plastic pellets along the Atlantic coast that endanger marine life and the human food chain.
Environment
Jan 27, 2023
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The dairy industry strives to preserve the quality and safety of milk products while maintaining the freshest possible taste for consumers. To date, the industry has largely focused on packaging milk in light-blocking containers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 26, 2023
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Despondent Sunday anglers watch crestfallen as a trawler winches an enormous net out of the waters of the Bosphorus.
Ecology
Nov 25, 2022
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An estimated 80 percent of the world's cargo is transported via ship-borne containers—a method that has soared in use in the decades after World War II. The efficient, cost-effective method of packaging and moving goods ...
Environment
Nov 16, 2022
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Dr. Emily Pentzer, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, is making 3D-printed polymers more environmentally friendly through a ...
Polymers
Oct 31, 2022
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Billy Keim, a NASA technician, removes a 16-megapixel detector from its shipping container internal fixture as engineer Stephanie Cheung coordinates the activity. NASA's future Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be fitted ...
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2022
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Shortages of basic goods still plague the U.S. economy—2½ years after the pandemic's onset turned global supply chains upside down.
Economics & Business
Sep 29, 2022
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