Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are the ultimate environmental villains. They’re designed to shrug off heat, water, and oil, and they’re excellent at that. But they’re so good that they ...

Researchers in the lab of Asst. Prof. Chibueze Amanchukwu at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular ...

The researchers tested their hunch by dissolving PFAS in the electrolyte solution of a lithium-containing electrochemical ...

A new Department of Defense funded research project led by Lei Guo, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, is tackling one of the most elusive aspects of per- and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — One of the ways that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) earn their “forever chemical” nickname and persist in the environment is their acidity. Many of these toxic chemicals ...

Synthetic PFAS are known as "forever chemicals," lingering in water, cookware, cosmetic products, clothing, and even our blood as they resist breaking down. They're infamous for being hard to detect.