A research team reveals that the common antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX) can fundamentally reshape nitrogen cycling in ...

Antibiotics that escape into the environment are widely recognized as a growing threat to ecosystems, wastewater treatment ...

Indole is a ubiquitous nitrogen‐containing aromatic compound that acts both as an environmental pollutant and as a biological signalling molecule. Its inherent recalcitrance demands efficient ...

The herbicide butachlor has been widely employed in agricultural practices as a pre-emergence agent against weeds, yet its persistence in the environment raises considerable concerns regarding ...

Plastic pollution is currently one of the world’s most urgent environmental issues. While we are becoming more aware of the detrimental impact of plastic pollution on the health of the planet and ...

The study delves into hypersaline lakes in Xinjiang, China, exploring the genetic and metabolic diversity of microbial communities termed "microbial dark matters". Hypersaline lake ecosystems, ...

Pollution affects human health and the environment in many ways. Air, water, and land pollution continue to damage ecosystems, with conventional materials—especially plastics—being a primary ...

Printed sensors for in-situ determination of microbial decomposition activity in soils and other living media by monitoring rates of biodegradation of electronic materials.