The malfunctioning toilet aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission underscores a critical, often overlooked challenge in deep space travel: waste management. While the $23 million Universal Waste Management System (UWMS) has faced
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Baiwen Ma’s team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has turned a spotlight on a quietly escalating crisis: the cocktail of “forever chemicals” and other emerging contaminants that conventional waterworks were never designed to remove. Their review, p
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The malfunctioning of NASA’s $23 million Universal Waste Management System on the Artemis II mission underscores a critical, often overlooked challenge in space exploration: human waste management in deep space. While the technical glitches—a faulty
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s push for New Hampshire to embrace advanced nuclear technology places the state at the center of a renewed debate over the region’s energy future. The bipartisan call from New England’s governors last week to champion existing nucl
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Urban planners and energy sector executives have long struggled to quantify the invisible value of nature in cities—until now. A new study led by Kennedy Chinedu Okafor at Imperial College London introduces a groundbreaking way to measure woodland ec
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The global PFAS waste management market is forecast to expand from $2.21 billion in 2026 to $2.98 billion by 2031, driven by tightening regulations and evolving treatment technologies. North America currently holds the largest share—42% in 2025—while
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In a lab at The American University in Cairo, Shimaa Husien and her team have turned a common seaweed nuisance into a high-performance tool for cleaning industrial wastewater. The seaweed in question, Ulva fasciata—often dismissed as a smelly, green
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The PFAS waste management market is expanding at a 6.2% compound annual growth rate, reaching $2.98 billion by 2031 from $2.21 billion in 2026, driven by stricter regulations, heightened public awareness, and technological progress. North America cur
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The tension between Texas’s booming data center industry and the state’s strained water resources is sharpening, exposing a paradox in how AI infrastructure consumes water. Data centers don’t just demand water for operations—they rely on it at every
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Management’s characterization of 2025 as a foundational year is more than rhetorical positioning—it reflects a deliberate pivot from efficiency metrics to resilience as a core value proposition. The shift isn’t abstract; it’s rooted in real-world con
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