Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, ♳). This polymer is used to make bottles, containers and even clothing. Now, researchers report ...

Rivers and streams serve as critical connectors across vast geographical landscapes, trickling out of tucked-away headwaters and snaking thousands of miles toward oceans and deep seas. These waterways ...

Operators at Green River’s new wastewater treatment plant are building up the population of microorganisms that do the bulk ...

When trying to figure out a better design for a bacteria-powered biobattery, Binghamton University researchers found ...

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zymo Research Corporation, a global leader in molecular biology and pathogen detection, is proud to sponsor the Microbes in Wastewater Symposium 2026, ...

Wastewater surveillance is an emerging science that can be a critical public health tool for infectious disease surveillance. However, it is currently limited by a lack of standardized methods, ...

A biobattery uses spore-forming bacteria in artificial intestinal villi to generate energy. The system could also clean water ...

A new opinion article argues that industrial microbiology's factory metaphor and linear metrics are hiding the regenerative ...

Underground sewers that safely manage wastewater are essential to modern cities. However, since they are buried underground and difficult to access, their condition can be hard to monitor. Traditional ...