Every morning, people fasten their watch, slip on a bracelet and head out the door without thinking much about what they might encounter along the way. The air they breathe, the dust on their hands ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more effectively by sampling the surrounding environment than by testing individual ...

An exploratory drilling project in the La Plata Mountains by Metallic Minerals raises the possibility of a 21st-century ...

A new report found microplastics in every water sample it studied from Minnesota's rivers and lakes. The microplastics are known to reduce fertility, interfere with hormones and increase cancer risk ...

Update: On Feb. 6, Speedway officials announced that the water boil advisory was lifted. Original reporting: So far, samples of water in Speedway are up to state drinking standards, according to town ...

Routine water testing in Peoria found elevated lead levels in over 10% of samples taken in late 2025. Illinois American Water is notifying affected customers and taking steps like replacing lead ...

Elgin officials are again alerting residents after some drinking water samples exceeded allowable lead levels during a recent test. The city takes 100 random samples of homes and buildings that are ...

A “forever chemicals” alert was issued by a state agency for Dupo’s water system. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency notified the owners and operators of the Dupo Community Water System that ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Volumetric Karl Fischer (KF) titration is a fast, accurate technique for determining water content in a diverse range of samples. This determination is based on a chemical reaction involving the ...

Residents in Jakarta are facing an unsettling new finding: Tiny plastic particles are now showing up in the city's rain. A years-long study from Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency ...