Monash University researchers have developed technology that can deliver clean water to thousands of communities worldwide. This solar steam generation system produces clean water from salty... Read more
Water covers most of the globe, yet many regions still suffer from a lack of clean drinking water. If scientists could efficiently and sustainably turn seawater into clean water, a looming g... Read more
UCR research expands efforts to provide clean water for the world’s growing population Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new way to recover almost 100 per... Read more
Low-cost Hydrogen Peroxide Device Has the Potential to Provide Developing Countries with Clean Water
New Device Produces Hydrogen Peroxide for Water Purification Limited access to clean water is a major issue for billions of people in the developing world, where water sources are often cont... Read more
The device could aid people lacking drinking water and those affected by natural disasters You’ve seen Bear Grylls turn foul water into drinking water with little more than sunlight and plas... Read more
Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment... Read more
New data and assessments suggest that resilience of the planet is now at risk Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously... Read more
The world needs clean water The world needs clean water, and more and more, we’re pulling it from the oceans, desalinating it, and drinking it. But what to do with the salty bri... Read more
If the containers used to carry that water are dirty, it’s all for naught A new, cheap backpack made by Greif is designed to carry water more comfortably than in a jug on your head. More imp... Read more
Promising for remote communities and disaster areas A cool new concept being tested in the Abu Dhabi desert uses a wind turbine to condense water from the air and pump it into storage tanks... Read more
Convincing results New academic research has underlined the potential of a simple Scottish invention that could revolutionise life in developing countries where people struggle to get clean... Read more
Clean water. Most of us take it for granted. However, in many communities in the developing world access to clean water is not guaranteed. On a daily basis millions live without clean... Read more
Nobody has previously thought to use waste glass in this way While you may feel quite virtuous when you leave all your glass containers out for recycling, you might be surprised to know that... Read more
In the June 2011 issue of Physics World, Jason Reese, Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the University of Strathclyde, describes the role that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) c... Read more