Sunlight makes microplastics leak hidden chemicals into water, creating pollution that spreads far beyond plastic pieces.

This microplastic-derived dissolved organic matter (MPs-DOM) differs fundamentally from natural organic matter in water and may alter microbial activity, pollutant behavior, and carbon cycling across ...

Chemical engineers from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) have created a solar-powered artificial leaf on the basis of a porous, transparent novel electrode. The technology exhibits the ...

(Nanowerk News) Most of Earth’s water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they require large amounts of energy. Now, researchers reporting in ...

A device that can harvest water from the air and provide hydrogen fuel has been a scientist’s dream for decades. French scientists have come up with a system that combines semiconductor-based ...