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
If the world runs low on water, we all may be forced to make our bodies consume less water. How would that work? A Japanese company has the answer. The Japanese design studio Takram was aske... Read more
An innovative effort would embed sensors in agricultural fields in a bid to cut down on irrigation–saving farmers money and preserving water for endangered species. By June 15 g... Read more
Filters it and indicates whether or not it is safe to drink The lives of thousands of people in developing countries could be saved by a water filtration system designed by a Northern Irelan... 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
Class of ’51 Entrepreneurship Award Supports Innovation in Testing Water for Bacteria, Designing a Portable Water Filtration System, and Creating a Woodchip Heater. Student creativity and en... Read more
Flow batteries can be rapidly “recharged” by replacing the electrolyte liquid A flow battery is a rechargeable fuel cell that pumps a solution of charged metals dissolved in an e... Read more
Getting a ship to move through the water is more difficult than it looks A European project is developing new Air Support Vessel (ASV) hull designs that allow watercraft to ride on a... 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
It enables small comminutes to inexpensively but accurately examine contaminants Two percent of water treatment plants in America test drinking water for cancer-causing byproducts tha... Read more
“solar water-splitting cells” Take a look at this video. See the little bubbles racing to the water’s surface? What you’re looking at is an “artificial l... Read more
A version designed for home use could be on the way In many industries, such as health care, food preparation and electronics manufacturing, cleanliness is of the utmost importance. I... Read more
The kids at Philips have just announced something called InstantTrust, a UV water purification system that heralds “the first time water can be disinfected instantly, efficiently and i... 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
More crops with less water. The invention that achieved that won the title Innovation of the Year from the Dutch business community. The people behind the invention say they are making a mod... Read more
