News tagged with water purification
Water quality in orbit: Scientists test H2O disinfection on International Space Station
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months ...
Novel bacterial strains clear algal toxins from drinking water
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Novel bacterial strains capable of neutralizing toxins produced by blue-green algae have been identified by researchers at Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen. Aakash Welgama presented the group's findings during the Society ...
Water purification down the nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife. Writing in the International Journal of Nuclear De ...
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Countering an approaching water crisis
Mar 21, 2008 |
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As growing demand for clean water stretches even the resources of the world's largest industrialized nations, scientists and engineers are turning to new technology and novel ideas to find solutions.
Cleaner water through nanotechnology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active material could be used to remove toxic chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and other hazardous materials from water much more effectively and at lower cost than conventional water ...
New water-purification method promises radical improvement
Jun 27, 2006 |
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Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) research has discovered a method that could drastically change the way we purify water within a few years. Delft, in partnership with DHV engineering bureau, has developed a compact ...
Researchers develop better membranes for water treatment, drug delivery
Nov 29, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new generation of biomimetic membranes for water treatment and drug delivery. The highly permeable and selective membranes are based on the incorporation of the functional ...
Biological sand filters, a practical approach to combat poverty and inequality
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Sep 24, 2008 |
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Microbiologically contaminated water plagues approximately 1.1 billion people in rural and peri-urban populations in developing countries. Roughly 2.2 million people without safe access to drinking water die each year from ...
Purification and dilution reduce risk of fish being injured by hormone-disrupting compounds
Dec 21, 2006 |
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In a dissertation at the Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University, Maria Pettersson has examined whether purified wastewater from municipal purification plants and cellulose factories in Sweden ...
Researchers develop new advanced method for measuring protein synthesis
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Jan 22, 2008 |
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In a major breakthrough for future research and drug development, a team of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) investigators developed a new, more reliable method for measuring protein synthesis and turnover, ...
Lead leaching and faucet corrosion in PVC home plumbing
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Scientists in Virginia are reporting that home plumbing systems constructed with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic pipes may be more susceptible to leaching of lead and copper into drinking water than other ...
Accolade for solar-hydrogen project
May 18, 2009 |
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A research project that aims to produce hydrogen on an environmentally friendly and cost-effective basis by using energy from the sun has won a prestigious E.ON research award.
Energy-efficient water purification
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Water and energy are two resources on which modern society depends. As demands for these increase, researchers look to alternative technologies that promise both sustainability and reduced environmental impact. Engineered ...
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