University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created a new way to remove contaminants from storm water, potentially addressing the needs of water-stressed communities that are searching for ways to tap the abundant ...
Environment
Aug 30, 2018
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According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services, the majority of whom live in developing nations.
Materials Science
Jun 15, 2018
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The methods commonly used for water purification are not necessarily effective enough to combat chemical contaminants transported into household waters. Chlorination and UV disinfection work well on pathogenic microbes but ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2018
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A team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has succeeded in developing new air purification technology to eradicate airborne viruses.
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2018
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More than 100 experts from 45 countries have published a three-year study of the Earth's land degradation, calling the problem "critical" and saying that worsening land conditions undermine the well-being of 3.2 billion people.
Environment
Mar 30, 2018
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Over 100 scientists from 25 research institutions and industries in 12 different European Countries, coordinated by the group of professor Antonio Marcomini from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, have completed one of the ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 26, 2018
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Sydney's iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world.
Nanomaterials
Feb 15, 2018
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to mount gold nanoparticles on a molecular support known as a polyoxometalate (POM). They successfully applied this to realize nearly 100 percent conversion ...
Materials Science
Feb 9, 2018
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Space research. What's it ever done for me? Well, quite a bit as it turns out ...
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2017
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Graphene, the world's first two-dimensional material, is many times stronger than steel, more conductive than copper, lightweight, flexible and one million times thinner than a human hair.
Nanomaterials
Nov 6, 2017
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