Tiny plastic particles in drinking water may be doing more than contaminating the environment. New research suggests ...

DURHAM, N.H. — With a suitcase full of test tubes and vials, James Morey is ready to test whether water is safe to drink. "When we're handling a sample, we have to be careful about what we put our ...

Scientists are exploring light-activated nanoparticles to kill biofilms in stored drinking water, aiming to make household ...

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A team of researchers has created a small, portable water filter that could make it much easier for people to get clean ...

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Worldwide, more than 500,000 children under age 5 die each year from gastrointestinal bacterial infections, largely in communities with limited access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene ...

Late on a winter night in 2004 in Kewaunee County, six-month-old Samantha Treml was rushed to an emergency room, violently ill from bathing in water poisoned by manure spread on a nearby frozen field ...

Norwell, Massachusetts, residents are under a boil water advisory after E. coli was found in the water supply. Officials advise boiling all tap water for at least one minute before drinking, cooking, ...

A small team of materials scientists and chemical engineers at Qingdao University, in China, has developed a self-powered, three-component biosensor that can kill bacteria in water samples. The study ...