Swiss researchers from ETH Zurich developed a process to extract gold from electronic waste using whey proteins from cheese ...

Polluted storm-water is an issue for cities, and it's often the end point for valuable minerals like phosphates. A new sponge can recover those minerals, say scientists ...

He co-founded NU startup Coral Innovations (formerly MFNS-Tech) to begin the process of commercializing the sponge-based technology for environmental remediation. Stormwater treatment equipment ...

was using microscopy to study how Caribbean coral reef sponges process nitrogen. But the sponges autofluoresced so brightly that their nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbionts were difficult to see. To ...

As more waterways contend with algae blooms and pollution caused by minerals from agricultural runoff and industrial ...