Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers. Dubbed “super sand”, it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the... Read more
Given that approximately one sixth of the world’s population lacks access to safe drinking water, it would obviously be a very good idea to create something that allows those people to... Read more
Researchers have developed an aluminum alloy that could be used in a new type of mobile technology to convert non-potable water into drinking water while also extracting hydrogen to generate... Read more
A simple and inexpensive way to produce drinking water IN THE dry desert on the west coast of Namibia, where the annual average rainfall is a meagre 40mm, the Namib beetle (Stenocara gracili... Read more
A new technology that removes dangerous contaminants from water has earned Arizona State University inventor Bruce Rittmann prestigious Environmental Engineering Excellence Award from the Am... Read more
When he set out on a trip to Cambodia in 2008, Industrial Design student Jonathan Liow had no idea it was going to be a life-changing experience. Upon seeing the poverty and poor living cond... Read more
Ferrate is a type of supercharged iron particle, in which iron is in the plus 6 oxidation state – it’s also known as Iron (VI). That might not interest you, but perhaps this will: it can be... Read more
A process that cleans wastewater and generates electricity can also remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater. Read more
Image via Wikipedia High energy costs are one drawback of making clean water from waste effluents. According to an article in the journalBiomicrofluidics, which is published by the American... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The worldwide shortage of clean drinking water is a serious problem, although in many cases there’s a relatively simple solution – just leave the tainted water outside in... Read more
Yi Cui, an Assistant Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University, has invented quite the water filter. It’s inexpensive, is very resistant to clogging, and uses much... Read more
“In the developing world, more than 1 billion people cannot get clean drinking water… The United Nations says that dirty water causes 80 percent of diseases in the developing world, an... Read more
Provides a quick, cheap, portable and sensitive test Engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes that can quickly and inexpen... Read more