A study reports that, around the world, wildfires and prescribed burns could emit substantially more gases, including ones ...

Microplastics in rivers, lakes, and oceans aren’t just drifting debris—they’re constantly leaking invisible clouds of ...

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are compounds that contain carbon atoms and that, at room temperature, easily evaporate. Too small to see and virtually omnipresent both indoors and out, they can ...

Elemental analysis offers scientists a method of determining the elements present in an organic compound, and in what quantity. Various fields of science rely on this type of analysis for research, ...

Scientists have discovered that wildfires release far more air-polluting gases than previously estimated. Many of these ...

The 2025 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize was awarded to a research group from Shiv Nadar University and the Indian Institute ...

Shampoo, body lotion, dishwashing soap, caulking compounds, room deodorizers, household cleaners, paint removers, flooring, carpet and pressed-wood products are just a few of the thousands of consumer ...

Using muon spin rotation spectroscopy, researchers from Japan and Canada have successfully captured the rapid conversion of ...