New Membrane Technology Improves Water Purification and Battery Energy Storage
Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts. The new approach to…
Water
New Insights Into the Mysterious Atomic-Level Movement of Water Molecules
Water is all around us and essential for life. Nevertheless, research into its behavior at the atomic level – above all how it interacts with…
Sewage Plants Can Remove Medicines From Wastewater – Here’s How
New research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensive. A study of seven wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern United States…
Large Increase in Nitrate Levels Found in Rural Water Wells in High Plains Aquifer
Kansas private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas State University study that revealed nitrate levels in shallow wells above…
Ultrathin Durable Membrane Developed for High-Performance Oil and Water Separation
Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University’s Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology have succeeded in developing an…
Carbon Nanotubes Show a Love/Hate Relationship With Water
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. Made of graphene sheets rolled into tubes 10,000 times smaller than a human hair,…
NASA SnowEx Airborne Campaign Catches the Drift of Snow Water
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – the time NASA’s SnowEx campaign hits the skies and ground of the world’s snowy places, measuring…
Solving the Mystery of Carbon on Ocean Floor That Has Confounded Researchers
University of Delaware study finds direct links between old carbon, graphite, and seafloor hydrothermal vents. For years, researchers looking at seafloor sediments would find bits…
Uniting Irrigation Science and Agronomy: Water Management Grows Farm Profits
A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must be in balance. Similarly, a sustainable farm operates…
Innovative, Slippery Toilet Coating Saves Water With Cleaner Flushing [Video]
New coating could reduce toilet water consumption by half, increase water sustainability. Every day, more than 141 billion liters of water are used solely to…
Anomalous Behavior Found in Supercooled Water at Critical Point Far Below 0 °C
The theoretical model proposed by Brazilian researchers can be applied to any system in which two energy scales coexist. Water can remain liquid at temperatures…
Ice Formation in Clouds Created by Air Turbulence
Scientists from Leipzig measure an important sub-process of the water cycle. Vertical air motions increase ice formation in mixed-phase clouds. This correlation was predicted theoretically…
Mystery in Global Carbon Cycle Uncovered by Investigation of Oceanic ‘Black Carbon’
New technique unexpectedly finds that black carbon in rivers and oceans differs significantly. In understanding the global carbon cycle, “black carbon” — decay-resistant carbon molecules…
California’s Switch to Solar, Wind Energy Preserves Groundwater for Drought, Agriculture
California’s switch to solar, wind energy reduced reliance on hydropower, natural gas. Solar and wind farms are popping up around the country to lower carbon…
Coexistence of Ice and Liquid Water Breaks Down at the Nanoscale As Scientists Probe the Limits
How small is the smallest possible particle of ice? It’s not a snowflake, measuring at a whopping fraction of an inch. According to new research…
Quantum Destabilization of a Water Sandwich – Laws of Classical Physics Break Down
When a thin layer of water is squeezed between two hydrophobic surfaces, the laws of classical physics break down. From raindrops rolling off the waxy…
How to Save Billions of Gallons of Water: Replace Coal With Gas or Renewables
Switch to natural gas would save 12,000 billion gallons a year by 2030; switching to solar or wind power would yield even greater savings. The…
Physicists Challenge the Accepted Wisdom on How Liquids Behave With Other Materials
Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), challenge the accepted wisdom on wetting and drying phase behavior. The authors…