Guano-Based Organic Fertilizer Shows a Sweet Spot for Restoring Degraded Soils
A controlled incubation study finds that soil degradation level and timing, not fertilizer dose, govern nutrient release and heavy metal ...
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AI-Driven Nanomaterial Platform Detects and Captures Water Pollutants in One Closed Loop
A closed-loop AI platform that senses water contamination and adaptively doses smart nanomaterials achieved over 90 percent classification accuracy and ...
Weathered Microplastics in Himalayan Watershed Soil Act as Pollutant Carriers
A new study of soil from India's Sukhna Lake watershed shows that environmentally weathered microplastics are oxidized, mineral-coated, and contaminated ...
Moss Bags and Handheld X-Ray Scanners Reveal Chicago’s Hidden Metal Air Pollution
An exploratory Chicago study shows that Sphagnum moss bags analyzed with portable X-ray fluorescence can cheaply and rapidly track metal ...
Seven Decades of Smelting Left Kazakhstan’s Urban Soils Chemically Transformed
In the industrial heart of Ust-Kamenogorsk, a city in eastern Kazakhstan that has processed polymetallic ores for more than seven ...
Green Sorbents Promise Cleaner Water, But Lab Success Hasn’t Reached the Real World
A new critical review finds that green sorbents made from wood, fruit peels, eggshells, algae, and seaweed can strip dyes, ...
Fertilizer Nitrogen Emerges as the Strongest Driver of Toxic Metal Buildup in Yellow River Farmland
A study of 487 soil samples from China's Yellow River Basin finds that total nitrogen from fertilization is the strongest ...
Banana Peels Turned Into Low-Cost Filters That Pull Toxic Metals From Water
A new study shows dried banana peel waste can remove copper and chromium from contaminated water, with fractal kinetic models ...
Pharmaceutical Waste Is Breeding Superbugs in Rivers and Wastewater Worldwide
A comprehensive review of 167 studies shows that pharmaceutical and clinical effluents are transforming aquatic ecosystems into hotspots where multidrug ...
Danube Delta Reeds Emerge as Powerful Carbon Sinks and Pollution Traps, Five-Year Study Reveals
A five-year study of the Danube Delta's reedbeds shows the common reed stores up to 8.6 tonnes of carbon per ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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