Science & Technology
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Meet EPA Researcher S. Ryan Fulgham, Ph.D.
EPA researcher Dr. Ryan Fulgham focuses on measuring the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen and sub-micron particulate matter at Duke Forest in North Carolina.
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Helping Communities Manage Electronic Waste
To help understand and improve the flow of used electronics products from consumer markets to the waste or reuse stream, EPA researchers have developed the Alternative Disposition of Electronics Planning Tool, also called ADEPT.
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EPA Tool Helps Guide Coastal Communities to Consider Consequences of Complex Environmental Challenges
EPA scientists help community plan for rising sea levels
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EPA Researchers Develop Strategies and Methods to Help Predict Harmful Algal Blooms in Kansas
EPA researchers are working with the state of Kansas and other partners to determine ways to monitor, prevent, and predict harmful algal blooms.
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Meet EPA Chemist Quincy Teng, Ph.D.
EPA research chemist Quincy Teng, Ph.D., focuses on the application of metabolomics—a relatively new, specialized field of biochemistry focused on studying small molecules known as metabolites—on environmental and life sciences.
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EPA’s SARS-CoV-2 Research: Assessing Virus Levels in Sewage for Community Level Screening
EPA researchers are developing and applying methods for detecting different forms of the virus, including live, or infectious, virus and the genetic marker of the virus, its RNA, in wastewater.
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To Leave or Not to Leave: The Heart Cockle and Green Macroalgae Blooms
EPA is working to understand the effects of nutrient pollution on important fishery species, like the heart cockle.
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EPA Grantees Advance Use and Applications of Air Monitoring Sensors to Protect Public Health
EPA grantees developed a toolkit to help California communities select, use, and maintain low-cost air sensors and interpret the collected data.
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Researchers Develop Regional Lifecycle Assessment Tool for Electricity Use
EPA developed a new tool to address the need for current, regionally specific, and consumer-oriented data for life cycle assessment of electricity.
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Greener Cleanup Tool Reduces Environmental Footprint and Provides Comparable Measures
Cleaning up sites can be viewed as "green" from the perspective of the cleanup improving environmental and public health conditions. However, cleanup activities use energy, water and materials resources to achieve cleanup objectives.
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Meet EPA Biological Science Technician Emily Wheaton
Emily Wheaton is a lab technician working primarily on microbial genomics in various water matrices. Recently, she has been dedicated to detecting SARS-CoV- 2 in wastewater.
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Guidelines for Measuring Changes in Seawater pH
Because the pH of coastal waters can vary so greatly, EPA has published guidelines for doing your own measuring to increase our understanding of how water pH affects life in and around these areas.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Vacant Lots as Green Infrastructure in Buffalo, NY
EPA researchers are working with the Buffalo Sewer Authority, the University of Buffalo SUNY, and EPA’s Office of Water to tackle CSOs with the help of an unlikely resource: vacant lots.
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How Do Pesticides Affect Frogs? EPA Researchers Conduct Uptake and Toxicity Studies to Find Out
Frogs have unique contamination routes and can be directly and indirectly exposed to pesticides throughout different stages of their life cycles. EPA scientists have conducted multiple studies over a 10-year period to better understand this problem.
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EPA Researchers Collaborate with States to Assess the Health of the Coastal Waters of the Great Lakes
This summer, EPA researchers are helping conduct the National Coastal Condition Assessment of the nearshore waters of the Great Lakes.
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Understanding Chemical Hazards in Occupational Settings: EPA’s HTTK R Package Update
EPA scientists have updated the High-Throughput Toxicokinetics (HTTK) R Package, a tool that includes models and databases that help researchers, risk assessors, and regulators better understand how chemicals interact with the body.
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EPA Partners with Unilever to Advance Chemical Screening
EPA is partnering with Unilever to advance chemical screening.
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A Better Way: An Application for Risk Characterization of HABs on the Ohio River
EPA researchers have been working with water quality managers to address a gap in scientific research regarding the ability to predict harmful algal blooms on rivers.
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EPA’s ENTACT Study Breaks New Ground with Non-Targeted Research
EPA scientists are leading a multi-phase project to evaluate the ability of non-targeted analysis laboratory methods to consistently and correctly identify unknown chemicals in samples.
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Baseball Bats, Bunnies, and Christmas Trees: Exploring the Benefits of Ecosystems
EPA scientist Tara Greaver and colleagues explored the cascade of impacts of reduced white ash and balsam fir trees on forest ecosystems and human well-being.