ST. LOUIS — For years, testing of the tap water in an upscale Detroit suburb showed the city was in the clear. Then residents got a notice seemingly out of the blue: Their water could be contaminated ...

University of Arizona researchers have created a portable method for detecting low levels of norovirus. The analysis is done automatically by a smartphone app when a sample of water is loaded onto the ...

How much plastic are we really eating? Until now, it's been almost impossible to say for sure — but that may soon change thanks to a breakthrough method developed by researchers at Germany's Max ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...