News tagged with water purification system

Water quality in orbit: Scientists test H2O disinfection on International Space Station

Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Novel bacterial strains clear algal toxins from drinking water

Novel bacterial strains capable of neutralizing toxins produced by blue-green algae have been identified by researchers at Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen. Aakash Welgama presented the group's findings during the Society ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Use less water, producing energy and fertilizer at the same time

Clean drinking water and basic sanitation are human rights. Yet almost 780 million of the world's population still have no access to drinking water and some 2.6 billion people live without sanitary facilities. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Making drinking water clean: Economist offers insights on how to purify global supplies

The permanent way to prevent diarrhea from killing an average of 4,000 children a day worldwide would be for governments to step in and provide safe, clean water for their people to drink. But that prospect ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microbubbles provide new boost for biofuel production

The technique builds on previous research in which microbubbles were used to improve the way algae is cultivated.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers working on watershed moment in water purification

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polluted streams, rivers, lakes and municipal water may soon be getting the Wright State treatment.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Slow road to stability for emulsions

By studying the behavior of tiny particles at an interface between oil and water, researchers at Harvard have discovered that stabilized emulsions may take longer to reach equilibrium than previously thought.

Physics / Soft Matter

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Shocking new way to create nanoporous materials revealed

Scientists have developed a new method of creating nanoporous materials with potential applications in everything from water purification to chemical sensors.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Micro-cavity arrays: Lighting the way to the future

It was not too long ago that basic science lectures began with the three forms of matter: gases, liquids and solids—and somewhere along the line plasmas were occasionally added to the list. But to be ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Philips unveils revolutionary water disinfection solution

Philips Lighting has today announced the launch of a new, complete and innovative water disinfection solution, Philips InstantTrust. This solution is based on cutting-edge disinfection technology optimized ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 7

Magnetic attraction: NIST microchip demonstrates concept of 'MRAM for biomolecules'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU) have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High-purity hydrogen generated from a single device

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are many ways to generate hydrogen, such as water electrolysis and steam reforming of gas, but the hydrogen produced by these methods tends to be combined with other byproduct and residual ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 17 | with audio podcast feature


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