Water
The latest chemistry news and research on water, including water pollution, water treatment and resource management, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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ResearchTransforming toxic arsenic sludge into a valuable commodity for green technologies, electronics
A simple process extracts valuable pure arsenic metal from groundwater treatment waste
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ResearchWater squeezed into 2D channels conducts electricity 100,000 times better
Network of quasi-2D hydrogen bonding may be responsible for effect
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ResearchFloating photocatalyst turns sunlight into radicals that disinfect water in minutes
Smartphone torchlight powerful enough to generate bactericidal oxygen-centred organic radicals to purify water
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ResearchHydroxylamine discovery complicates water purification efforts
New insight into nitrate and nitrite reduction process reveals toxic intermediate
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ResearchModelling suggests waste heat from AI data centres could power carbon capture and water purification
Analysis considering thermodynamics, economics and emissions shows how AI could flip its environmental footprint to become both water-positive and carbon-negative
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News‘It is so important that the people who make up that committee are not political puppets’
Policy expert Camilla Alexander-White talks to Chemistry World about the UN effort to establish a scientific panel to advise on chemicals, waste and pollution
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ResearchEvidence found of nanocrystals lurking in low-density ‘amorphous’ ice
Findings may have wide-ranging implications, from the origins of life to the characterisation of technological glasses
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ResearchElectrochemistry cleans up nitrate-contaminated water without costly, toxic metals
Atomically-dispersed iron in woven carbon nanotube framework allows breakdown of pollutants
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NewsLess than 1% of 300,000 environmentally relevant chemicals in the US have monitoring data
The actual number of chemicals tracked may be even lower
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NewsWhat are the prospects for making green hydrogen straight from seawater?
Competing with better-established desalination coupled with electrolysis, direct seawater splitting technologies are targeting niches
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NewsPFAS regulations for US drinking water are being dismantled after just a year
EPA delays enforcement of levels set for PFOA and PFOS, and rescinds them for four other PFAS
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NewsConcerns raised about PFAS leaking from three UK military bases
Sites could pose a threat to drinking water supplies and sensitive freshwater environments
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ResearchInorganic mechanism driving mysterious surge of powerful greenhouse gas
Sunlight triggers nitrous oxide production in ocean surface water
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ResearchFerrihydrite in Martian dust may explain red planet’s colour – and hint at water-rich past
Idea of a dry past challenged, suggesting liquid water persisted longer than expected
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BusinessUS state charges Lockhart director over river chemical release
Bankrupt firm’s leader accused of endangering the public and altering public records
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BusinessPFAS manufacturers sued for deceptive marketing in US
Texas attorney general accuses 3M and DuPont of knowingly concealing health risks
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ResearchFirst detected 40 years ago, a byproduct in chloraminated drinking water has finally been identified
Researchers call for urgent investigation into the chloronitramide anion’s toxicity
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NewsAfter years of negotiations, a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution is within sight
The UN’s plastics treaty negotiations have faced many hurdles, but delegates are getting closer to a final agreement
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NewsWater regulator applies stricter PFAS limits to drinking water in England and Wales
New guidance, expected to go into effect in January, would cumulatively restrict 48 different PFAS
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OpinionA high-pressure insight into the structure of water
The hydrogen-bonded network in liquid water resists compression; density increases instead arise from molecules moving into voids