Environmental

Sitting Down With… Janusz Pawliszyn, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Alternatives to environment-damaging paint additives may come from an unlikely source: the beauty of bugs.

The presence of sunscreen compounds in seawater is unlikely to be good for marine ecosystems – but just how bad is the problem?

Wastewater analysis not only informs us of human health and habits, but could even help transform our approach to healthcare.

Seals are adept ocean divers – near-infrared spectroscopy provides clues as to how they survive extreme depths

What can we do about plastic pollution – as citizens and as analytical scientists?

Raman spectroscopy highlights the presence of an invisible pest lurking below the ocean’s surface - microplastics.

Our quickfire round up of the most eye-catching spectroscopy research.

Characterization of algal light-harvesting protein complexes could help improve solar energy systems.

DBPs – disinfection by-products – could pose an underestimated threat to our health, wildlife, and environment.