To deal with drought stress, soil releases more volatile compounds

During drought, soils release more volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere, researchers report.

Rose Brandt-Arizona • futurity
Aug. 7, 2023 ~5 min

Containers keep pesky coating off nanomaterials

New storage containers for nanomaterials use an"ultraclean" strategy to keep VOCs at bay.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
July 21, 2023 ~5 min


Air quality in your home may be worse than in your office

New research highlights the importance of improving air quality in homes for employees who continue to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rae Lynn Mitchell-Texas A&M • futurity
Feb. 11, 2022 ~5 min

Smokers carry scary compounds on their skin and clothes

Cigarette smokers bring dangerous compounds into non-smoking environments on their skin and clothes, researchers report.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
March 5, 2020 ~5 min

Some kinds of emissions cuts actually make air pollution worse

Despite the benefites in dealing with air pollution, cuts in NOx emissions can lead to a boom in hazardous ultrafine particles, researchers say.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Jan. 21, 2020 ~4 min

Douching tied to more volatile organic compound in blood

New research looks at correlations between douching and the use of products like tampons and pads to concentrations of volatile organic compounds in the blood.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Oct. 18, 2019 ~3 min

You’re polluting your office just by existing

An office rigged with thousands of sensors shows that we may be the source of many of the volatile organic compounds in our offices.

Kayla Wiles-Purdue • futurity
Oct. 4, 2019 ~4 min

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