Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a ubiquitous class of organic compounds characterised by fused aromatic rings, whose complex chemistry plays a vital role both in terrestrial environments ...

Laboratory experiments have clearly demonstrated that the transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., phenanthrene, anthracene, pyrene) through porous media is enhanced by their association ...

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Derek Urwin has a special stake in his work as a cancer control researcher. After undergraduate studies in applied mathematics at UCLA, he became a firefighter. His inspiration to launch a second ...

Red circles in (A) and (B) show the location of the Yoro tidal flat. The dashed ellipse in (C) shows the sampling area, from where the fecal pellets of Marphysa sp. E were collected; reduced mud (RM) ...