Kiril Hristovski and Paul Westerhoff have won the Journal of Environmental Quality Best Paper Award for 2015. It recognizes their research paper, “The Release of Nanosilver from Consumer Products Used in the Home,” as one […]
From SCIENCE NEWS – read full story FEATURE CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION Nanoparticles in foods raise safety questions These microadditives enhance color, flavor and freshness. But what do they do in the body? BY SUSAN GAIDOS 1:28PM, […]
The Center for Nano Science and Technology at the University of Notre Dame today announced the finalists for the fifth annual NDConnect undergraduate nanotechnology research competition. The 14 finalists are:…. Joana Sipe, a senior […]
Making a valuable, unexpected discovery while exploring an unrelated hypothesis is a classic theme in the history of science. But literally striking gold? And in sewage, of all places? That’s what actually happened to Paul […]
Rice Univ, ASU, Yale Univ and UTEP have been awarded $18.5M to discover breakthroughs using nanotechnology to address the water quality challenges. Read the announcement from NSF
http://wnpr.org/post/were-having-poo-party We’re Having a Poo Party! By BETSY KAPLAN • AUG 12, 2015 SHARETwitter Facebook Google+ Email BÖRKUR SIGURBJÖRNSSON CREATIVE COMMONS Listen Listening… 49:15 Today, our show about poo. First, the ‘no-poo‘ movement. Before the last century, people washed their hair a lot […]
Scientist Strikes Gold… in Poop Posted at: http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2015/07/28/gold-particles-sewage/ Published Tue, Jul 28, 2015 | Samantha Solomon, Editor-in-Chief, Commodities Share on facebook Share It might make you do a double take, but it’s true. Paul Westerhoff, a professor […]
Methadone Linked to NDMA Contamination in Drinking Water http://www.chromatographyonline.com/methadone-linked-ndma-contamination-drinking-water?rel=canonical Jun 19, 2015 By Bethany Degg The Column Volume 11, Issue 11 Photo Credit: LEONELLO CALVETTI/Getty ImagesMethadone, a drug prescribed for managing the symptoms of heroin withdrawal […]
Scientists trace cancer-causing chemical in drinking water back to methadone This is collaborative research between ASU (Hanigan, Zhang, Herckes & Westerhoff, Univ of Colorado (Thurman & Ferrer) and University of Toronto (Andrews & Zhao). […]
Heroin Analog May Form Carcinogen In Drinking Water Environmental Chemistry: Methadone in surface water reacts with drinking water disinfectants to form potent carcinogen By Janet Pelley Drinking water disinfectants such as chlorine have put […]
