ST. LOUIS — For years, testing of the tap water in an upscale Detroit suburb showed the city was in the clear. Then residents got a notice seemingly out of the blue: Their water could be contaminated ...

University of Arizona researchers have created a portable method for detecting low levels of norovirus. The analysis is done automatically by a smartphone app when a sample of water is loaded onto the ...

What if the secret to being more productive wasn’t about squeezing more hours into your day, but about fundamentally rethinking how you work? Most people approach productivity like a sprint, pushing ...

Environmental scientists worry about airborne mercury because when it falls to earth, the metal can transform into a toxic organic form that travels up aquatic food chains, harming wildlife and people ...