Energy & Green Tech
A battle is brewing in South-East Queensland over water. Despite heavy rains and flooding, the water supply authority, Seqwater, has flagged the need to find more water sources to keep up with urban growth.
Sep 1, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
For centuries, people have been trying to divine freshwater from the ocean. Ships in the 16th century carried small distilleries that could be used in the event of an emergency to boil seawater. But trying to do this on a ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Engineering
Boiling water can leave dark mineral deposits on the inside surface of your once-shiny aluminum kettle—nothing a little vinegar and baking soda can't scrub away.
Feb 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water, and many such areas in the developing world also face a lack of dependable electricity. Widespread research efforts have thus focused on ways to desalinate ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Carbon-based organic micropollutants in water can be removed by treatment with high-intensity pulses of light in a procedure developed and demonstrated by researchers at KAUST.
Jan 10, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In many places, including Southern California, climate change has increased the threat of drought and the need for new and continuous water resources. Higher salinity water streams, and sometimes seawater, come into consideration ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California, the only one still operating in the state, is set to close in 2025. A team of researchers at MIT's Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers from X–Alphabet's "moonshot factory," Google and the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF, has developed a model that shows that a hypothetical ...
Engineering
Desalination is the answer to long-term water security, but it's also expensive and energy-intensive. The good news is that scientists are developing some viable solutions.
Oct 4, 2021
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Engineering
Small changes in membrane design can have a large impact on the performance of a new technology developed at KAUST that uses waste heat from solar cells for seawater desalination.
Aug 3, 2021
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