Water Analysis – News and Features

Researchers have identified a method that uses a combination of heat, water and phase extraction to isolate phosphorus – an essential but non-renewable element with many industrial uses – from wastewater sludge.

At this year’s ASMS, Technology Networks spoke with Steve Smith, vice president of discovery and development at Waters Corporation, to learn more about the company’s latest innovative product launches.

Water remediation can be powered in part — and perhaps even exclusively — by renewable energy sources, according to a new analysis.

The environmental impacts of vegans are around a third of those with high-meat diets, a new study has found. The researchers also saw a 30% difference between high- and low-meat diets for most of the measures of environmental harm.

Researchers are helping shed new light on how blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria blooms can continue long after their food source in the water has disappeared.

For decades, fertilizer use was thought to be the primary contributor to distress in the Indian River Lagoon. But following fertilizer restrictions, a new study suggests that sewage may be to blame.

Scientists discover the atomic structure of a protein that regulates the virulence of the bacterium that causes cholera.

A team of researchers has now shown that PFAS can also reduce the activity of human immune cells and thus impair health.

The function of mast cells is still a mystery. Scientists have now shown in mice that mast cells function as a sensor that signals the animals to avoid antigens, including harmful allergens, and thereby protect themselves from health-threatening inflammatory reactions.

A new stud has found that concentrations of manganese in a Massachusetts community’s drinking water often surpassed the maximum recommended levels of manganese stated in current guidelines.