Scientists at NC State University are developing sustainable ways to produce industrial chemicals from trees, using microbial ...

Multi-Agency Workshop Forms Solutions to Chemical’s Most Complex Challenges WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2024 —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today announced ...

Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals.

DONALDSONVILLE, La. -- Seventeen cars of a train derailed in south Louisiana on Friday, and several leaked a chemical used to ...

PFAS chemicals are called "forever chemicals" because they are not easily broken down. Potential health risks include cancer, ...

Typically, as the days get colder and shorter during autumn, leaves are exposed to less sunlight. This slows down the ...

How do complex mixtures of chemicals affect our health? New research has shown that chemicals that occur in complex mixtures and in concentration ratios as found in humans act together. Even if the ...

By learning from the Montreal Protocol, the U.S. can be a leader in creating a win-win agreement for the economy, trade and climate action. The post There Is a Better Model for Using Trade to Achieve ...

SAF: a step towards a greener future or greenwashing? AeroTime columnist, Dr. Klaus Radermacher looks at the science behind ...

Studies of chemicals in our blood typically capture only a small and unknown fraction of the entire chemical universe. Now, a new approach aims to change that.

In 2020, an estimated 54 million adults in the U.S. were living with chronic pain. Over 25 percent of them were treating ...