Using rooftop rainwater to make drinking water
Climate change will lead to water scarcity in large parts of Africa. But there is hope – on African rooftops.
Environment
Feb 10, 2015
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In Rio favela, hungry caimans complicate water hunt
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela face a dangerous challenge in their quest for clean drinking water: a canal infested with hungry caimans, South America's alligator cousins.
Environment
Feb 5, 2015
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New type of membrane permits cheaper and more efficient water purification
New selective membranes in the form of thin hollow straws can improve water purification. This emerges from research by Joris de Gooth from UT's MESA+ research institute. The membranes that De Grooth jointly developed make ...
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2015
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Tripling Internet access would do more good than tackling HIV: study
Dramatically expanding broadband access would boost the global economy and could do more good than investing in HIV prevention or clean drinking water, according to a study published Thursday.
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2014
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Researcher studies interactions between land and water
Early one morning last January, MIT undergraduate Theresa Oehmke was eating breakfast at the Kilauea Military Camp on Hawaii's Big Island when a colleague burst into the room, yelling, "Oh my god, the plume, it's moving! ...
Environment
Nov 26, 2014
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Water purification at the molecular level
(Phys.org) —Fracking for oil and gas is a dirty business. The process uses millions of gallons of water laced with chemicals and sand. Most of the contaminated water is trucked to treatment plants to be cleaned, which is ...
Polymers
Oct 30, 2014
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Fighting the global water scarcity issue
According to the World Water Management Institute, over one-third of the human population is affected by water scarcity. If nothing is done to prevent it, an estimated 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2014
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Chip packets help make safer water in Papua New Guinea
University of Adelaide mechanical engineering students and staff have designed a low-cost and easily made drinking water treatment system suitable for remote communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – using foil chip packets ...
Engineering
Sep 11, 2014
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Israel solves water woes with desalination
After experiencing its driest winter on record, Israel is responding as never before—by doing nothing.
Energy & Green Tech
May 30, 2014
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Pioneering method for water purification
"We're using water to clean water." This is how Selma Mededovic Thagard describes her current work on purifying drinking water.
Environment
May 19, 2014
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