Swimming lessons will be back this Friday at a Unanderra pool after a chemical and toxic gas emergency left three people in hospital. Nadine Morton covers emergency services and breaking news for ...

Update 8.48pm: Scroll to the bottom for the latest news People were coughing and gasping with their eyes watering as a "weird" smell started wafting through a Unanderra swim centre during their ...

The Air Force said Tuesday it has detected trace amounts of organic gaseous chemicals known to cause health problems at all three of America's intercontinental nuclear missile bases, as cancer ...

Researchers globally have found widespread contamination of drinking water by toxic PFAS chemicals, with especially high levels detected in bottled water across 15 countries and tap water in China.

PFAS chemicals are also known as “forever chemicals”, because they don’t break down easily and can persist in the environment, including drinking water supplies. The new guidelines – which ...

The Ames Test offered a fast and inexpensive way to identify carcinogens, leading to the banning of chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects. By Teddy Rosenbluth Bruce Nathan Ames, a ...

The chemistry of photography is based on photosensitivity and reactions with light. The chemical processes that create a traditional photograph start inside the camera with the absorption of photons.

Your support makes all the difference. Scientists discovered PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances), chemicals that do not break down in nature, in more than 99 per cent of bottled water samples sourced ...

Toxic chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) might have harmful health effects. They are known as "forever chemicals" because they never break down and, when taken in, ...

How do complex mixtures of chemicals affect our health? New research has shown that chemicals that occur in complex mixtures and in concentration ratios as found in humans act together.

Researchers have created a robotic system that can follow verbal cues and perform experiments. Lab scientists spend much of their time doing laborious and repetitive tasks, be it pipetting liquid ...