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Novel Method to Retrieve Rare Earth Elements from Acid Mine Drainage

According to researchers at Penn State, a new method for treating acid mine drainage (AMD) could enable the conversion of the environmental pollution issue into a vital domestic source of the critical rare earth elements that are required for the manufacture of technology varying right from smartphones to fighter jets.

6 Aug 2020

Spinel Oxides to Produce Hydrogen from Water

A study headed by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has led to the discovery of parameters that govern the efficiency of a class of inexpensive catalysts known as spinel oxides.

3 Aug 2020

Biocrusts are Important for Supporting World’s Shrinking Water Supplies

A global meta-analysis led by UNSW scientists shows tiny organisms that cover desert soils - so-called biocrusts - are critically important for supporting the world's shrinking water supplies.

3 Aug 2020

Previously Unrecognized Ocean Current Transports Water to Major “Waterfalls”

An international team discovered a previously unrecognized ocean current that transports water to one of the world's largest "waterfalls" in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow into the deep North Atlantic.

30 Jul 2020

Manchester City’s Agüero, Foden, Sterling and Others Feature in New Film Highlighting the Growing Threat of Global Water Shortages

Manchester City stars Sergio Agüero, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling all feature in an emotive new short film that aims to bring home the reality of the global water crisis to football fans across the world.

29 Jul 2020

MIT Students Explore Biological Engineering Approaches to Food and Water Security

Making corn salt-tolerant by engineering its microbiome. Increasing nut productivity with fungal symbiosis. Cleaning up toxic metals in the water supply with algae.

23 Jul 2020

New Strategy Helps Destroy Bacteria in Wastewater Treatment Plants

A shield of graphene helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and free-floating antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants.

21 Jul 2020