Water Pollution

Chennai-based computer scientist R. Ramanujam will receive the The Indira Gandhi prize for popularisation of science for the year 2020. The prize was instituted by Indian National Science Academy in 1986 and is given once in three years to either a career med…

Who says pollution solutions cant be beautiful? Indus is a water pollution cleaning system made from ceramic tiles and algae. The resulting wall is very aesthetically pleasing and may prove to be a low cost way of dealing with dyes and chemicals. The system…

This story is part of the GP100, our annual roundup of the best products of the year. To see the full list of winners, grab the latest issue of Gear Patrol Magazine. The apparel industry is one of the worlds top industrial polluters, and its been that way fo…

Freshwater mussels have long been used by humans as decorations, tools, and for food. Ancient Europeans used freshwater mussel shells as ornaments. Ancient Mayans used the shells as paint pots, pendants, and clothing decorations. The mound-building tribes of …

By saving the critically endangered axolotl that only lives in the lake upon which Mexico City is built, scientists are also saving Mexico City itselfAn endangered Axolotl salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), peers at the camera. (Credit: BioGraphic / ... Ca…

Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka, and Kendra Pierre-Louis survey the wave of antiregulation actions by the Trump adninsitrationspecifically anti-environmental regulation. The Trump administration is rolling back 95 environmental regulations in all. "His ad…

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IMAGE: Figure 1: SEM images and diagram showing the formation of the ultrathin silica layer on the porous membrane. view more  Credit: Kobe University Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University's Resea…

With all efforts to stop the sale and use of toxic colour powders in Erumely coming to a naught, District Collector P.K. Sudheer Babu has now issued a formal order banning shops from stocking and selling the material. The directive, issued under Cr.PC sectio…

A greenish-yellow liquid oozing onto a section of a major Michigan highway is the same cancer-causing substance that was involved in the notorious California water-pollution case brought by activist Erin Brockovich, according to authorities and reports. The …