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.

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 ...

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Siena College is participating in a student initiated wastewater testing program. School officials say the program can pinpoint positive cases of the coronavirus ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Verily, a precision health technology company, announced a significant expansion of its wastewater surveillance program into the United Kingdom through an exclusive ...

Steven Balogh is a virus hunter. “The last two years, it’s been looking 24/7, looking at COVID, SARS-CoV-2,” he says. “Trying to figure out what the numbers are telling us.” Balogh, the principal ...

Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide ...

From urine and domestic sewage to industrial wastewater, the water discarded by humans has long been considered mere filth in need of treatment. Recently, however, the numerous materials and energy ...