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A global review of all registered industrial chemicals identified 350,000 different substances produced and traded around the world – well in excess of the 100,000 reached in previous estimates. For about a third of these substances, there is a lack of publicly accessible information.

Scientists are fighting influenza at the molecular level, in part by finding natural mutations in the viral RNA genome that have a functional impact during infection.

Researchers from different ends of the science spectrum meet in the middle to provide critical new information to approach the global issue of water quality and security.

An experimental fingerprint detection approach can identify traces of cocaine on human skin, even after someone has washed their hands – and the test is also smart enough to tell whether an individual has actually consumed the class A drug, or simply handled it.

Investigating the impact of an enzyme commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease, researchers may have paved the way for better treatments for the illness.

Scientists used planes equipped with an airborne visible infrared imaging spectrometer to fly over 20,000 square miles of the Arctic landscape in the hope of detecting potentially harmful methane hotspots. The instrument did not disappoint.

Cats and dogs excrete some harmful PFAS in their feces at levels that suggest exposures above the minimum risk level, which could also have implications for the pets’ owners.

When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand.

With natural reserves of phosphate, an important component of fertilizer, running out, researchers are working on extracting phosphate from sewage sludge to reuse in fertilizers and other applications.

Contrails — the white, fluffy streaks in the sky that form behind planes — can harm the environment, but small flight path adjustments could reduce the climate impact of these emissions.