Biosensors change the way water contamination is detected
Scientists from Northwestern University have collaborated on the implementation of an accurate, low-cost and easy-to-use test for detecting toxic levels of fluoride in water.
Scientists from Northwestern University have collaborated on the implementation of an accurate, low-cost and easy-to-use test for detecting toxic levels of fluoride in water.
Environment
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Universal, safe and reliable water access is a pressing need in the global south. One-quarter of the world's population don't currently have access to clean drinking water. In Ghana, about 5 million people out of a total ...
Economics & Business
Feb 2, 2023
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While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month's floods—after years of devastating droughts—UBC Okanagan engineers are looking at better ways to manage the delivery of safe drinking water ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2023
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People need both clean, safe water and sustainable energy. That means both resources must be properly managed. But when it comes to the oil and gas industries, there's a problem.
Environment
Nov 21, 2022
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Tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn't regularly tested and often isn't safe to drink, according to a water industry report released last week. In some communities, drinking water contained unacceptable ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2022
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Researchers from York University's Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and Lassonde School of Engineering have revamped their Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) with multiple innovations that will help aid workers ...
Environment
Nov 3, 2022
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More than half of the flood victims in Pakistan's worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the waters there gradually receded, officials said Monday.
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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According to the Rev. Dennis Hutson, people used to love the taste of Allensworth's water.
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2022
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The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction of new water treatment, wastewater and flood control systems reflecting ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2022
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Waterborne illness is one of the leading causes of infectious disease outbreaks in refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) settlements, but a team led by York University has developed a new technique to keep drinking ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2022
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