Since 2020, UB researchers, including students, have been testing wastewater for RNA fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 as part of a program to monitor outbreaks in Western New York.

What makes one wastewater treatment innovation more successful than another? The key factor is research, including the ...

BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- A team of scientists from the University of California, Berkeley launched a pop-up lab this month to test wastewater from throughout the Bay Area for the novel coronavirus, the ...

With population growth and climate change both stressing freshwater supplies, demand for the precious resource could exceed supply by some 40% by 2030, according to a 2016 United Nations estimate.