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Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-43484-x Sustainable closed-loop supply chain management for a two-warehouse system with trade-credit and emissions constraints under dynamic demand

From the Reef to the Laboratory: Uncovering Hidden Contaminants in India's Coastal Fisheries

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new low-temperature approach to hydrogen production that could make the clean fuel cheaper and more practical to generate. The technique could be used both in large centralized facilities and in smaller local systems that take advantage of waste heat from major industrial operations. Hydrogen is the […]

As our world’s population grows, so does the demand for ammonia—a key ingredient in fertilizer. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that ammonia production must quadruple by 2050 to feed the increase in global population. The current gold standard process for producing ammonia is energy-intensive and a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Invented […]

Researchers in Germany have developed a new gas-sensing technology that could make it much easier and less expensive to detect tiny amounts of gases in the environment, industrial facilities, and energy networks. The breakthrough builds on a scientific phenomenon known as the photoacoustic effect, which was first discovered more than 150 years ago. When certain […] The post Scientists create a ti…

The California Energy Commission is on the verge of requiring replacement tires be as energy-efficient as original tires, something the legislature asked for years ago.

Change in viewing habits offered by match times at 2026 tournament could mean using cheaper off-peak power Watching late-night or early hours football could provide UK households with a practical opportunity to cut their energy bills, as even just doing the washing when cheaper electricity rates apply can net a decent saving. At a time when energy costs are back at worrying highs, research by E.O…

People built modern life on petroleum, but at a big environmental cost. The Scope explores the history, scale, and the immense challenge of moving to a future without petrochemicals.

Exclusive: Fighting Dirty taking legal action against government over proposal it says could import weaker standards An environmental campaign group is taking legal action against the government over proposals that it claims could fast-track chemical hazard classifications from other countries with lower standards into UK law. Fighting Dirty claims proposals to change the classification and label…

Woody plants hold great potential for phytoremediation, but their effectiveness is often constrained by site conditions. Our global meta-analysis identifies initial metal concentration, metal identity, and soil acidity as key factors limiting remediation outcomes.

What if a waste product from coal-fired power plants could become a valuable source of materials needed for electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy technologies? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new method to recover rare earth elements from coal fly ash, a powdery waste left behind after coal is burned. […] The post Scientists turn coal ash waste i…

Abstract Microplastic (MP) contamination has become a global concern due to the widespread use of plastics, their environmental persistence, and associated health risks. To determine whether MPs are also present in the commercially important freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii , gut, gills and muscles of farmed and wild prawns from key prawn-producing districts of southwestern Bangladesh w…

Abstract The microplastic pollution of freshwater systems has been a global environmental concern, yet there is a lack of knowledge on tropical rivers. This paper examined the relationships between spatiotemporal microplastic abundance and river water physicochemical and hydrological parameters in the surface water of four rivers of Sarawak in Malaysia (Baram, Miri, Sibuti, and Niah), followed by…

The advance in fabric technology comes alongside a new benchmark for atmospheric water harvesting. Published by UT News

Melting permafrost is releasing carbon into the atmosphere, but scientists may have underestimated just how bad the situation may be, a new analysis finds

There’s no such a thing as a truly pristine landscape — humans have, over millennia, shaped every environment on Earth — but the Boundary Waters wilderness of northeastern Minnesota comes pretty darn close.  Stretching across more than a million acres near the Canadian border, about four hours north of Minneapolis, the Boundary Waters is a […]

The maritime sector is a crucial cog in everything we consume and produce, supporting over 80% of all international cargo

Hard rock terrains, defined here as crystalline igneous-metamorphic aquifers in which groundwater is stored mainly in weathered mantles and fracture networks, are especially prone to borehole-scale fluoride variability that complicates rural drinking-water security. This mini-review synthesizes recent evidence on geogenic fluoride occurrence, exposure pathways, and defluoridation strategies relev…

Nature Communications, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74242-2 The authors show that wastewater residual solids act as concentrated reservoirs of emerging contaminants, and that thermochemical treatment could enable their destruction while reducing environmental impacts, supporting global wastewater management transitions.