(Nanowerk News) A new study published in Chemosensors ("All-Solid-State Potentiometric Sensor Based on Graphene Oxide as Ion-to-Electron Transducer for Nitrate Detection in Water Samples") introduces ...

In 2023, Republicans eliminated funding for a network of river and stream sensors that detect pollution levels. This year, Iowans who care about clean water are begging for dollars to ...

A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota is one of 16 teams selected nationwide to work on Aquasense. Photo of the North Fork Zumbro River in Mazeppa, Minn. A team of ...

Iowa volunteers concerned with the state’s water quality are beginning a new season of independently testing for nitrates in ...

IIHR research associate Tom Stoeffler checks the sensor unit for a nitrate sensor at Waterworks Prairie Park in Iowa City on Sept. 11, 2025. The state’s automated network of sensors allows for ...

University of Wisconsin--Madison engineers have developed low-cost sensors that allow for real-time, continuous monitoring of nitrate in soil types that are common in Wisconsin. These printed ...

Researchers from Iowa State University have partnered with Michigan State University to develop a robot that can detect nitrates and monitor the condition of drainage tiles to help farmers better ...

What if instead of taking a water or soil sample to the lab, you could take the lab to the sample? That’s what a team of researchers reporting in ACS Sensors did with a new nitrate-monitoring ...