Pharmaceuticals used in healthcare provide huge health and economic benefits to society, but are now found extensively as pollutants across global waterways.
Exeter Research Leads Action to Create a Sustainable Pharmaceutical Future
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Engineering a Low-Cost Alternative Catalyst for Producing Sustainable Petrochemicals
Newly identified methods to harness the properties of tungsten carbide could yield viable substitutes for precious metals like platinum.
In Hunt for Rare Earths, Companies Are Scouring Mining Waste
Over many decades, coal mining in West Virginia has exposed sulfur-bearing rocks to oxygen, creating a widespread problem that continues to plague the region: the draining of highly acidic water into streams and creeks, which are then rendered lifeless.
Scientists Devise Way to Track Space Junk as It Falls to Earth
Earthquake-detecting seismometers pinpoint sounds of space debris entering the atmosphere.
Domestication Has Changed the Chemicals Squash Flowers Use to Attract Bees
Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume — and how pollinators interact with the plant — can go through profound changes as a crop becomes domesticated.
Sea Star Murder Mystery: What’s Killing a Key Ocean Species?
It started in the summer of 2013. Sea stars were dying in huge numbers in Washington State’s Olympic National Park: They became covered in white lesions.
