Two large blue steel barrels at an industrial site. One of the barrels has a white sticker that reads “Toxic” and a yellow sticker that reads “Flammable liquid.” US chemical regulation faces renewed ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Virginia has yet to meet its goals of reducing nitrogen and phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay. Experts say nutrient management in agriculture can help. That’s the idea of making sure nitrogen, ...

Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction ...

Frameworks of ecological risk assessments. a, Traditional dose–response linear models for conventional approaches. b, Nonlinear response patterns framework for natural ecosystems under multiple ...

Imagine you’re filling up 100 bags of coffee. You’re using beans from a few different providers — 10 percent of the beans they sent you are decaffeinated and the rest are caffeinated. However, you ...

Engineers have hit the trifecta of sustainability technology: A group has developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free 'green' hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater. A happy ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking chemical process that could streamline the development of pharmaceutical compounds, chemical building blocks that influence how drugs interact with the body.

Chemical companies are increasingly looking to the mass-balance concept as a method of offering chemicals made from renewable raw materials. It’s a low-cost, low-risk way to get into the renewables ...

Major depression is one of the most common psychological disorders, affecting more than 23 million adults and adolescents each year in the U.S. It carries economic costs in the hundreds of billions ...