UNSW engineers have identified a new simpler method to detect tiny microbes in water which cause significant health risks and potentially even death.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2021
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Major disruptions to our health and quality of life are front of mind in an era when wildfires, floods, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impact Earth's population daily. Amid these glaring threats, the slow but rising creep ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2021
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693
Shining a beam of light into potentially contaminated water samples may hold the key to real-time detection of hydrocarbons and pesticides in water.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 15, 2021
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557
In the recent past, there has been a paradigm shift towards renewable sources of energy in order to address the concerns pertaining to environmental degradation and dwindling fossil fuels. A variety of alternative green energy ...
Materials Science
Jun 14, 2021
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Methane is not the most abundant greenhouse gas in our atmosphere, but it is among the most potent. Roughly a quarter of global methane emissions come from natural sources, and freshwater ecosystems are the largest source ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2021
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A new invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean water off the grid.
Materials Science
Mar 31, 2021
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The first imaging of substantial freshwater plumes west of Hawai'i Island may help water planners to optimize sustainable yields and aquifer storage calculations. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers demonstrated a ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2021
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234
By some estimates, the amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the earth in one year is greater than the sum of all the energy we could ever produce using non-renewable resources. The technology necessary to convert ...
Materials Science
Dec 17, 2020
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The future economy based on renewable and sustainable energy sources might utilize battery-powered cars, large-scale solar and wind farms, and energy reserves stored in batteries and chemical fuels. Although there are examples ...
Materials Science
Sep 4, 2020
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A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered the parameters that determine the efficiency of a class of low-cost catalysts called spinel oxides—a discovery that ...
Materials Science
Aug 3, 2020
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