Researcher finds inspiration from spider webs and beetles to harvest fresh water from thin air
A team of researchers is designing novel systems to capture water vapor in the air and turn it into liquid.
Aug 28, 2023
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Realizing a century-old dream to make electricity from air
European research is expanding clean-energy options, bolstering the EU's goal to become climate-neural by 2050.
Dec 19, 2022
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Airborne lidar system poised to improve accuracy of climate change models
Researchers have developed a laser-based system that can be used for airborne measurement of important atmospheric gases with unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The ability to collect this data will help scientists better ...
Jul 22, 2019
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Study investigates whether climate-neutral air travel is possible by 2050
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have performed calculations to work out how air traffic could become climate-neutral by 2050. They conclude that simply replacing fossil aviation fuel with sustainable ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air: Inventor of direct air capture technology explains
Two centuries of burning fossil fuels has put more carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere than nature can remove. As that CO2 builds up, it traps excess heat near Earth's surface, causing global warming. ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Taking a cue from spider webs, researchers capture fresh water with vapor capture system
Inspired by how dew drops form on spider webs, UCLA engineers and mathematicians have designed a unique and effective water vapor capture system that could be used to produce clean, fresh water, or to recycle industrial water ...
Apr 15, 2019
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New technology: Hygienic beer caps
UV light inactivates germs in drinking water. Until now, the disinfection process relied on mercury-vapor lamps, which emit light in the UV spectrum. However, mercury is a heavy metal that affects human health and the environment. ...
Aug 2, 2019
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Interfacial engineering for improved stability of flexible perovskite solar cells
Flexible perovskite solar cells with low weight, high flexibility, and conformability have attracted attention for portable electronic products. The interface is crucial in perovskite solar cells for both photovoltaic efficiency ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Opinion: Hydrogen isn't clean if it adds to climate pollution
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden more than a year ago, is a game-changing law that invests hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change and boost renewable energy.
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Water vapor
Water vapor or water vapour (see spelling differences), also aqueous vapor, is the gas phase of water. Water vapor is one state of the water cycle within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Under normal atmospheric conditions, water vapor is continuously generated by evaporation and removed by condensation. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas along with carbon dioxide and methane.
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