News tagged with waste water
US military to make jet fuel from algae
(PhysOrg.com) -- If military researchers in the US are right, jet fuel produced from algae may soon be available for about the same price as ordinary jet fuels.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Lithium to be extracted from geothermal waste
(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique developed by a Californian company, Simbol Mining, will enable the valuable mineral lithium, widely used in high-density batteries, to be reclaimed from the hot waste water produced ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 14, 2009 |
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'Revolutionary' water treatment units on their way to Afghanistan
The United States Army has taken delivery of the first two units of a "revolutionary" waste-water treatment system that will clean putrid water within 24 hours and leave no toxic by-products, according to scientists at Sam ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Love that dirty water: Scientists find low-tech way to recycle H2O
Horticulturists at Pennsylvania State University have come up with a low-cost, green method for recycling so-called "gray" water -- the stuff from sinks, showers and washing machines that would otherwise go down the drain.
May 24, 2010 |
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Biofuel cell retrieves copper
(PhysOrg.com) -- Producing energy and recovering copper from waste water at the same time: this is what Wageningen University environmental technologists are doing with their new microbial fuel cell.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 10, 2010 |
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New biofuels processing method for mobile facilities
Chemical engineers at Purdue University have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing plants that would ...
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Research offers new desalination process using carbon nanotubes
A faster, better and cheaper desalination process enhanced by carbon nanotubes has been developed by NJIT Professor Somenath Mitra. The process creates a unique new architecture for the membrane distillation ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Singapore honours Dutch scientist
Singapore said Monday it will award nearly 200,000 US dollars to a Dutch scientist who pioneered an environmentally friendly, low-cost way of treating waste water and refused to patent the process.
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Toxic spill from China copper mine spreads
A toxic pollution spill from a mine operated by China's top gold producer Zijin Mining Group has spread to a second province, threatening the fishing industry there, state media said Tuesday.
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Parasitic protozoons survive waste water and drinking water treatment plants in Galicia
Researchers from the Galician Institute of Food Quality have detected parasitic protozoons in the effluent discharged from waste water and drinking water treatment plants in Galicia (Spain), as well as in ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction
Researchers at Umea University and the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered that traces of many medicines can be found in fish that have been swimming in treated waste water. One such ...
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Pharmaceutical substances found in waters of Donana
Researchers from the University of Seville (US) have detected active pharmaceutical substances for the first time in the waters of the Doņana National Park and its surrounding areas. The results suggest eco-toxicological ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Wastewater clues to illicit drug use
A new chemical analysis of sewage is revealing more detailed information than ever about drug abuse trends.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel
Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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