Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are testing two technologies designed to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a large group of industrial chemicals known ...

A report concludes that more than twice the planned amount of swimming pool chemicals were improperly stored at a Georgia ...

The problem of PFAS, a group of potentially cancer-causing “forever chemicals,” may finally have a solution from German ...

Researchers at the HZDR have developed two distinct chemical processes to systematically destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed two processes—hydrodynamic cavitation and cold ...

For nearly eight decades, engineers working with Teflon have faced the same frustration: the material's greatest virtue is also its most stubborn limitation. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) — the ...

Scientists are testing two promising ways to destroy PFAS, the stubborn “forever chemicals” that can accumulate in water and ...

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed two new processes: Using hydrodynamic cavitation and cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion, they are ...

Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a method to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the persistent synthetic compounds known as “forever chemicals,” using ...

KENT, Ohio — Three people were hospitalized after an accidental chemical reaction occurred at the Akron Water Plant in Portage County Wednesday afternoon, forcing an hours-long shelter-in-place order ...

Researchers in Austria found that fluorine and fluoropolymer content in PV backsheets has significantly decreased over the past three decades, driven by a shift from fluorine-rich multilayer ...