But the unfortunate truth is that more children die every year from illnesses caused by poor water and sanitation than from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. 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
Bottled water might seem like a very innocuous, ecologically-friendly beverage, but it does have its dark side – it has been estimated that 1.5 million barrels of oil are used annually for t... Read more
A watched pot never boils, but an electrically charged pot sometimes freezes. A study in the Feb. 5 Science reports that water can freeze at different temperatures depending on whether the s... 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