Power plants that use steam to generate electricity need water. Without it, they can’t do their job. But water and steam are complicated, much as is blood in our veins and arteries. So, water ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIU’s Institute of Environment a five-year $5 million Phase II grant to support the CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment in its mission ...

The Environmental Chemistry research area has its core in the chemical sciences, so students learn fundamentals they can apply to current environmental issues, as well as to discover and develop ...

The researchers directed a precisely tuned 225.7 nm femtosecond laser into water enriched with atomic oxygen generated by a ...

Water is a unique compound that is essential to life on Earth. In the pedosphere, the physical and chemical properties of water regulate the flow of energy and solutes, making soil water a crucial ...

The 2024 ACS Sustainability Summit explored the vital role of chemistry in advancing U.N. Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Thoughout the summit, leading experts in academia ...

We are long overdue in converting the practice of organic chemistry to a sustainable discipline. It is time to think about the state in which we are going to leave the planet, as present day synthesis ...

Water is called the universal solvent for its ability to dissolve a broad range of chemicals. But you wouldn’t know that from spending time in chemistry labs, where the solvents of choice are almost ...

In pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, students first receive a strong foundation in analytical, physical, organic and inorganic chemistry before selecting one of three options leading to the ...