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Environment Oct 16, 2013

Recycled drinking water must be considered, report says

Returning highly treated wastewater directly into our drinking water supply could have considerable economic and environmental benefits, a new report from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) ...

Energy & Green Tech Sep 2, 2013

Desalination to secure water in the desert

Murdoch University researchers are working with the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) on an innovative project to secure water supplies in desert communities.

Environment Aug 19, 2013

Jordan to launch 'first phase' of Dead Sea canal

Jordan said on Monday it plans to build parts of a project linking the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea that would supply the parched country with desalinated water.

Environment Jul 31, 2013

Could planting trees in the desert mitigate climate change?

As the world starts feeling the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and consequent global temperature rise, researchers are looking for a Plan B to mitigate climate change. A group of German scientists has now ...

Materials Science Jun 27, 2013

Drinking water from the sea: Electrochemically mediated seawater desalination in microfluidic systems

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —A new method for the desalination of sea water has been reported by a team of American and German researchers in the journal Angewandte Chemie. In contrast to conventional methods, this technique consumes little ...

Energy & Green Tech Jun 26, 2013

Improved water purification technology reduces SWaP, logistics burden

Military vehicles don't run without fuel—and warfighters don't run without water. As little as a six to eight percent water deficit can be debilitating. As a result, military logistics plans must take into account the approximately ...

Environment Jun 21, 2013

Alarming new climate forecasts show why desal so vital for Australia's future

New climate forecasts warn of ten per cent streamflow losses into Melbourne's catchments and 25 per cent losses for South-West Western Australia.

Nanophysics May 28, 2013

Fast or superfast water transport?

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —There were high hopes of using carbon nanotubes, particularly for ultra-fast water transport to desalinate seawater. However, a simulation now reveals that these ultra-fast transport rates might have not been ...

Energy & Green Tech May 23, 2013

Solar Kettle allows for boiling water off the grid

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —A company called Contemporary Energy has unveiled a new device it calls the Solar Kettle. It looks very much like a normal coffee thermos, but has flaps on one side that open to allow for collecting solar energy, ...

Bio & Medicine May 14, 2013

Bovine blood keeps gold nanoparticles stable

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —A protein from cow blood has the remarkable ability to keep gold nanoparticles from clumping in a solution. The discovery could lead to improved biomedical applications and contribute to projects that use nanoparticles ...

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