Green solvents, such as supercritical CO2, can replace harmful organic solvents in laboratories. Many sustainable lab methods will be showcased at Lab Innovations 2023 which is scheduled to take place from November 1–2 at the NEC, Birmingham in the United Kingdom.

More than 2,000 pairs of cotton underwear buried across Switzerland have helped researchers map biological activity in soils. The citizen science study involving 1,000 volunteers found that land use was the strongest predictor of decomposition, with garden soils showing the highest activity and lawns the lowest.

Sterility testing is a crucial part of pharmaceutical manufacturing, and the consequences of non-compliance can be fatal. It is, however, a time- and resource- hungry process, needing to be carried out under aseptic conditions by specialized staff according to detailed protocols.

Researchers have developed a new portable, wearable device that has the capacity to detect hidden hormone spikes which can lead to high blood pressure as well as other health conditions.

Treating salty industrial wastewater and recovering valuable metals has long required separate processes. A new electrochemical platform combines both tasks in a single step, improving water reuse while reducing waste and downstream processing.

Exposure to a widely used herbicide during the middle months of pregnancy may increase the chance of giving birth too early, before 37 weeks, a new study shows.

Although the pH scale traditionally ranges from 0 to 14, highly concentrated acids can have negative pH values. Accurately measuring these extremes poses technical challenges for standard electrodes. This article explains how specialized sensors and modern methods enable reliable measurements in such chemical extremes.

Unusual tooth wear and chemical traces in ancient human remains suggest that hunter-gatherers in Indonesia were using betel nuts up to 25,000 years ago. The findings push the practice back into the Ice Age and point to a long history of psychoactive substance use and its dental consequences.

Drinking water with meals may not curb appetite as widely assumed, while extra spice could help people eat less. Cornell researchers found that bite-and-sip patterns and slower eating may have a greater influence on food intake than previously thought.

A new study has examined how temperature-associated suicide mortality will change by the 2050s under various climate change scenarios. It also revealed that temperature-related suicide mortality is expected to increase in all studied areas as temperatures rise in the future.