(Phys.org)—Designer Gabriele Diamanti has created a solar oven he calls the Eliodomestico (household-sun); its purpose is to boil saltwater to produce clean drinking water for people in places where such water is difficult ...
A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy.
Materials Science
Mar 20, 2013
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The news story made a big splash: in January 2016 ETH researchers Professor Raffaele Mezzenga and his senior researcher Sreenath Bolisetty published a study in the journal Nature Nanotechnology about an innovative type of ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 13, 2017
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A Japanese company is gearing up for large-scale production in Bangladesh of a bicycle that can also be used to purify water at disaster zones or remote villages.
Engineering
Feb 17, 2011
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(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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More than 80% of global land area needed to maintain human well-being and meet biodiversity targets is at risk of conflict with human development, according to a new study led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Ecology
Jan 10, 2024
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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 process by immobilizing ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2011
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Researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt have unveiled a cost-effective desalination technology which can filter highly salty water in minutes.
Materials Science
Sep 10, 2015
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In a society raised with the luxury of clean water, it's easy to forget that potable drinking water isn't a given everywhere.
Materials Science
Jan 5, 2016
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Nature has declared that the world's supply of water is fixed. As a means of keeping humanity alive, it has no substitute.
Environment
Mar 7, 2018
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