Researchers at the University of Delaware have transformed discarded corn cobs and other agricultural byproducts into high performance biochar filters that capture both ammonia and tiny plastic ...

California has a methane problem. The state’s dairy industry is the largest in the nation, but all those dairy cattle are producing more than milk. Foul-smelling slurry ponds of manure dot the Central ...

In a breakthrough for environmental remediation, researchers at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia have reported the successful use of biochar derived from corn cob for the adsorption of ...

A new study shows how the material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors can be mixed with local soil to filter out road grime before it reaches waterways. Professor Yongsheng ...

The June 2026 issue of Filtration+Separation is now available to read online with feature articles on space, biochar, smart ...

Population, industrialization, and urbanization have significantly increased the production of municipal wastewater (MWW). MWW mainly consists of water which comprises 99.9%, along with suspended or ...

Biochar, a charcoal-like material derived from plant biomass, has long been hailed as a promising tool for carbon dioxide removal. However, a new study by Stanford researchers highlights a critical ...

A quick, cheap and easy way has been developed to filter from water one of the world’s most common pollutants: arsenic. Arsenic is one of the most common environmental pollutants, finding its way into ...

Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, holds biochar at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering, Missouri. Biochar is an organic waste material that can help improve soil ...

Over many centuries — perhaps millennia — primitive peoples plowed biochar into farm fields, turning poor soil into rich cropland. In fact, it’s such a miraculous soil amendment that 20 years ago ...

The S. europaea sample was obtained from Karamay city (45° 28′ 6.38″ N, 84° 59′ 41.61″ E), Xinjiang Province, China.The samples were taken to the Laboratory of Fundamental Biology, Xinjiang Institute ...