Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...
The intricate roles of soil microorganisms in ecological processes such as organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, ...
Led by Prof. Jin Ling Nathanael, Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Health Technology and Informatics at PolyU (left), the research ...
Antibiotics that escape into the environment are widely recognized as a growing threat to ecosystems, wastewater treatment ...
The field of Environmental Science has recently turned its focus towards the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, ...
A recent study published in Scientific Reports explores the dual functionality of silica-based nanocomposites in antimicrobial and photocatalytic applications. Study: Comparative study of silica and ...
Walking my dog on coastal beaches will never be the same since I learned about their precarious ecosystems. Beneath their sands lies a hidden world of microbial life that is critical in protecting the ...
On a cool December day in Brooklyn, New York, in 2014, a group of academic and citizen scientists set off onto one of the most polluted 3 km stretches of water in the US. They’d soon find a thriving ...
Microbial Aspects of Pollution: Some General Considerations -- The Health Hazards of Pollution -- Sewage Pollution of Natural Waters -- The Scope of the Water Pollution Problem -- Microbial Aspects of ...
Learn how plastic pollution is creating new pathways for antibiotic resistance to become an even bigger public health threat.