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Engineers find a way to turn water pollution into valuable chemicals
January 16, 2020 
Rice University researchers have identified a simpler way to rid water of cancer-causing pollutants and turn them into…
Researchers develop sponge that removes oil from water
December 17, 2019
University of Toronto researchers have developed a new strategy to remove tiny oil droplets from wastewater with more than 90…
Sustainable sand gives pollution a one-two punch
December 13, 2019
UC Berkeley engineers have developed a mineral-coated sand that can soak up toxic metals like lead and cadmium…
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution
December 6, 2019
An international group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have developed a graphene composite that can…
Microwave treatment is an inexpensive way to clean heavy metals from treated sewage
December 6, 2019
A team of Florida State University researchers studying new methods to remove toxic heavy metals from biosolids —…
Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
November 26, 2019
A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas stream and converted…
New material captures and converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
November 23, 2019
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Manchester, has developed a metal-organic framework, or MOF,…
Microbe chews through PFAS and other tough contaminants
September 23, 2019
In a series of lab tests, a relatively common soil bacterium has demonstrated its ability to break down…
Contamination-eating microbes developed at University of Toronto to be tested in the field
August 9, 2019
For years, the University of Toronto’s Elizabeth Edwards and her team have been developing a potent mix of microbes that…
Scientists found a green way of clearing out microplastics without harming local microorganisms
August 1, 2019
Humans are dirty animals. Wherever we step, we leave piles of trash that just doesn’t go away. World’s…
Nanoporous Material Nets Contaminant from Water
July 8, 2019
Toxic chemical contaminates water in 43 states. Barely visible material that looks like tiny grains of sand may hold…
Getting the oil out of water
June 11, 2019
Oil and water are famously reluctant to mix fully together. But separating them completely — for example, when…
Stanford develops an experimental process to rinse heavy metals from toxic soils
June 5, 2019
When poisonous heavy metals like lead and cadmium escape from factories or mines, they can pollute the nearby…
Pollution Damage Undone
November 6, 2018
An effort spanning more than two decades to restore a heavily polluted system of streams high in the…
Particles pull last drops of oil from well water
August 19, 2018 
Oil and water tend to separate, but they mix well enough to form stable oil-in-water emulsions in produced water from…
Novel system selectively sequesters toxins from water
August 7, 2018
Rice University scientists are developing technology to remove contaminants from water – but only as many as necessary.…
Harmful dyes in lakes, rivers can become colorless with new, sponge-like material
August 6, 2018
Dyes are widely used in industries such as textiles, cosmetics, food processing, papermaking and plastics. Globally, we produce…
Oleo Sponge successful in real-world conditions off California coast
July 18, 2018
The Oleo Sponge, a patent-pending technology to clean oil spills invented at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)…
Robust MOF material exhibits selective, fully reversible and repeatable capture of toxic atmospheric gas
June 12, 2018
Led by the University of Manchester, an international team of scientists has developed a metal-organic framework material (MOF)…
More dead leaves can help remove lead from soils
May 30, 2018
Once lead is in the environment it is difficult to remove. Despite legislation in the 1970s to reduce…
Buyer beware: Some water-filter pitchers much better at toxin removal
May 18, 2018
Water pitchers designed to rid water of harmful contaminants are not created equal, new research has found. Scientists…
New method can break down PET plastic with microwaves
May 3, 2018
Large volumes of PET packaging—used for, for example, non-transparent soft drinks bottles—bypass the returnables systems and refuse bins,…
Engineers get a grip on slippery surfactants
April 26, 2018
A Rice University group’s innovative surfactant theory removes limitations of a 100-year-old model for interfacial behavior in enhanced oil…
Swamp microbe has pollution-munching superpower
April 13, 2018
Now, a bacterium discovered by Princeton researchers in a New Jersey swamp may offer a more efficient method…
Plants, fungi and bacteria work together to clean polluted land
April 6, 2018
Highly complex interactions among roots, fungi and bacteria underlie the ability of some trees to clean polluted land,…
Mat baits, hooks and destroys pollutants in water
March 28, 2018
A polymer mat developed at Rice University has the ability to fish biologically harmful contaminants from water through…
Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution
March 22, 2018
In a breakthrough that could lead to a new class of materials with functions found only in living…
Plant-inspired material could help clean up oil spills
March 21, 2018
Taking a cue from the structure of leaves, a new USC Viterbi School of Engineering study has fabricated…
Topsy-turvy currents key to removing nitrate from streams
March 19, 2018
New findings to be published in the journal Science add another to the list: the eradication of a pervasive fertilizer…
Robotic Snake Hunt Down Pollution In Water
August 21, 2017
The researchers from Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) produced a robotic snake through contaminated water to find…
- Sunlight works against oil clean-up efforts
May 2, 2018 - Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills
April 26, 2018 - Heavy metals in water meet their match
July 27, 2017
- “Super sponge” promises effective toxic clean-up of lakes and more
March 17, 2017
- Scientists developed a new method to clean the soil polluted by munitions
December 10, 2016 - New materials repel oil underwater, could better clean up oil spills
April 16, 2015 - Researchers question emergency water treatment guidelines
April 17, 2014 - Recovering valuable substances from wastewater
March 21, 2014 - Nanogrid, activated by sunlight, breaks down pollutants in water, leaving biodegradable compounds
November 11, 2013 - Using engineering to help microbes destroy contaminates in soil and groundwater
October 1, 2013 - The coast is clear, but seabed still contaminated by Gulf spill
August 16, 2013 - Cactus “flesh” cleans up toxic water
August 13, 2013 - Australian sewerage systems can’t cope with more extreme weather
August 8, 2013 - We must change our ways to fight fatbergs
August 8, 2013 - Hanford Site in U.S. Treating Record Amount of Contaminated Groundwater
July 16, 2013 - Clearing the air: the hidden wonders of indoor plants
July 10, 2013 - Study finds use of dispersants can increase oil penetration into sandy marine sediments
May 24, 2013 - Leave the ocean garbage alone: we need to stop polluting first
May 3, 2013 - Plants and microbes cooperate to clean up contaminated soil
May 1, 2013 - Chloroform cleanup: just the beginning for palladium-gold catalysts
April 18, 2013 - What role small dams play in pollution control?
April 2, 2013 - ‘Dirty blizzard’ in Gulf may account for missing Deepwater Horizon oil
March 18, 2013 - Sewage lagoons remove most – but not all – pharmaceuticals
February 15, 2013 - Groundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting industrials
January 29, 2013
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