Research reveals ‘sponge’ made by Geobacter can soak up uranium
For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn’t clear how the microbes did it.
“The biological mechanism remained elusive for 20 years,” said Gemma Reguera, the …
Faulty wastewater infrastructure leads to thousands of doses of drugs entering the bay
In Baltimore, Maryland, leaky sewage infrastructure delivers tens of thousands of human doses of pharmaceuticals to Chesapeake Bay every year. So reports a U.S. National Science …
