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University of British Columbia Researchers Develop Revolutionary Water Quality Sensor
A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada has developed a miniscule device that can monitor water quality instantaneously. The device is wireless, so it can be installed at any point in a water distribution system and transmit information about the water quality back to a central server. It can… Read More
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CarCMU Researchers Develop Method to Remove 99% of Harmful Chemical Contaminant BPA From Water
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has successfully developed a solution to remove one of the most prominent industrial chemical contaminants, bisphenol A (BPA), from our water. In their study, the researchers were able to remove 99 percent of BPA from water using a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and engineered catalysts. The… Read More
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University of Virginia Public Benefit Company Makes Splash with Water Purification Technology
There has never been better a better time for advances in the area of water purification. As the crisis involving safe and drinkable water throughout many third world countries continues to prove problematic, many countries across the developed world are working to create innovative and new ways of solving this problem in as sustainable a… Read More
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University of Sheffield Working with Port Said University to Develop Technology to Desalinate Water
A team of researchers at the University of Sheffield in the UK and Port Said University in Egypt are working together to develop a way to desalinate water using entirely renewable energy. Energy 2050, an energy research institute based at the University of Sheffield, is combining biogas, a renewable energy source produced from waste and… Read More
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MIT Researchers Invent New Method to Purify Wastewater
Imagine there’s an inexpensive way to purify wastewater that does not involve the use of chemicals? Well, researchers at MIT have now developed a new process to remove pollutants from water, which could have far-reaching impact by making wastewater treatment more affordable and, therefore, more accessible worldwide. The waste of wastewater The theme for… Read More
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New Device From MIT and UC Berkeley Pulls Water From Dry Air
Just a week ago, I wrote about the dire need for safe water around the world and the role of universities in this fight. I’m happy to report that two universities have come up with yet another invention that will help alleviate the water crisis. The device, which extracts water from dry air, is the brainchild of… Read More
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Universities Help to Alleviate Water Crisis
Water makes up 65 percent of our body mass, and we can’t survive more than 3 days without it. Yet our water is in jeopardy, mostly from problems we created. In this article, we address the urgent need for action — to ensure access to safe water, to preserve the planet’s freshwater, and to fix… Read More
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USC Students Help Solve California’s Water Crisis
California, hailed for so long as the “Promised Land,” may be seeing a new kind of promise. The state has been suffering from severe water drought the past few years; the water crisis was so serious that Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a mandatory cut of 25 percent in water usage by cities and local agencies… Read More
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UMich Students Help Flint Residents Find Clean Water
Mywater-Flint, a joint project between University of Michigan-Flint and the Michigan Data Science Team at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, was launched December 8. The mywater-flint web app — a direct response to the Flint water crisis (in which dangerous levels of lead were found in the city’s water supply)— displays a map of the city where… Read More
