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VCU Researchers Aim to Improve Solar-Powered Desalination to Address Global Water Crisis

With over two billion people lacking access to safe potable water, the United Nations estimates that by 2050, there will be an almost one-third increase in the global demand for water.

20 Mar 2019

Researchers Develop Novel Technology Using Hydrogels Capable of Absorbing and Releasing Water

Access to clean water is one of the major challenges being faced globally. A research team from The University of Texas at Austin has achieved a breakthrough in finding a novel solution to this issue using solar-powered technology that converts moisture absorbed from the atmosphere into clean, usable water.

15 Mar 2019

New Metrohm Eco Titrator Helps Manufacturers Reduce Risks in Quality Control

When something goes wrong in quality control, the reputation of the brand concerned is at stake. Better to exclude risks in the first place.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 15 Mar 2019

KAUST Team Develops Eco-Friendly Method to Make Membranes that Process Wastewater

The environmental credentials of the chemical industry could be greatly enhanced by the selectively permeable membranes derived from renewable plant-based materials.

12 Mar 2019

World-First Research Shows How Beaches Clean Our Oceans

They are invisible to the human eye, but they are there – millions of microbes in our beaches, breaking down the rubbish in our waters.

12 Mar 2019

Indian Emissions Monitoring Event Set for Enormous Growth

With environmental monitoring as a central theme, an international Conference and Exhibition will take place in New Delhi, 24-26th September 2019. CEM India 2019 will build on the success of a similar event that took place in 2017, with the additional theme of water effluent quality.

12 Mar 2019

Global Drinkable Water Concerns Drive Growth of Water Purification Technologies

Investorideas.com and its water portal http://www.water-stocks.com, one of the first global investor news source covering the sector, release a snapshot looking at water purification technologies as rising concerns regarding drinkable water become a global theme and anthem.

8 Mar 2019

New Model for Increasing Sunlight Trapped by a Solar Cell

A person looking at a cell phone realizes the battery is low, suggesting another long walk into town to pay money and charge the device. By the time the person gets home, it gets dark, and a kerosene lamp is lit, which casts a dim glow across the room.

7 Mar 2019

Los Angeles’ New Plan to Increase the City’s Water Supply Capacity

Recently, the city officials of Los Angeles have announced that by 2035, the city would recycle 100% of its wastewater by taking initiatives to markedly enhance water conservation and reduce dependency on imported water.

4 Mar 2019

Study Predicts Impact of Population Growth and Climate Change on Future Water Scarcity in the U.S.

A new study, published in the AGU journal Earth’s Future, reports that population growth and climate change are the major issues in some of the regions of the United States that would cause water scarcity by the end of the 21st century.

1 Mar 2019