Elemental sulfur, the most heavily-used pesticide in California, may harm the respiratory health of children living near farms that use the pesticide, according to new research led by UC Berkeley. In ...

New study finds that elemental sulfur is linked to reduced lung function, more asthma-related symptoms and higher asthma medication use in children living about a half-mile or less from farms that use ...

Daejeon, Republic of Korea, October 4, 2016--Methane, a primary component of natural gas, has emerged recently as an important energy source, largely owing to its abundance and relatively clean nature ...

Microbiologists discover bacteria that eliminate toxic sulfide and use iron minerals to grow. An international group of researchers led by microbiologists Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy at the ...

Vol. 155/156, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION COLLOQUIUM (October 1993), pp. 379-382 (4 pages) An elemental S oxidation model has been developed which ...

Lithium-sulfur batteries promise to store four to five times as much energy as today’s best lithium-ion batteries. But some major practical hurdles have stood in the way of their commercialization.

Thiophene-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known to be useful as organic semiconductors due to their high charge transport properties. Scientists have developed a short route to form ...

There’s a certain dread associated with that sound when you put your foot somewhere it shouldn’t go. For a Mars rover, however, it could mean a big discovery. In May last year, the Curiosity rover ...

State environmental regulators on Thursday approved Marathon Petroleum Company's request for a changed air permit. The decision paves the way for the Detroit refinery at 1001 South Oakwood Boulevard ...