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Microplastics are a growing environmental problem, but now researchers in Korea have developed a new water purification system that can filter out these tiny fragments, as well as other pollutants, very quickly and with high efficiency.Continue Reading… Continue reading High-efficiency water filter removes 99.9% of microplastics in 10 seconds
It’s a cruel irony that over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, but it’s undrinkable. Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have now modeled the feasibility of a hypothetical system that can capture water vapor f… Continue reading Offshore structures could harvest city drinking water from ocean air
PFAS are among the most insidious pollutants, thanks to their ubiquity, their long life and their growing list of linked health concerns. But now researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new method to break them down more… Continue reading Hydrogen and UV breaks down toxic PFAS “forever” chemicals in water
We all know drinking water to be key to a healthy life, and everybody has their favored ways of carrying and consuming the stuff as they go about their day. The Modular Bottle from New York outfit Ebite is as versatile a solution as you could hope to f… Continue reading Modular water bottle also brews tea and stashes your snacks
Get Kevin Costner on the phone – astronomers may have found some water worlds. Two nearby planets have been found to be covered in deep global oceans under hot, steamy atmospheres.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Exoplanet, Planet, Water, … Continue reading Water worlds: Best evidence yet of new type of exoplanet
Water is usually something you’d want to keep away from electronic circuits, but engineers in Germany have now developed a new concept for water-based switches that are much faster than current semiconductor materials.Continue ReadingCategory: Electron… Continue reading Water-based circuit concept switches much faster than semiconductors
You’ve probably heard it before – if you don’t put the lid down on the toilet, droplets of filth will fly out when you flush it. Scientists have now visualized that process for the first time, in hopes of reducing it with better toilet designs.Continue… Continue reading Visualization of “toilet plumes” may lead to cleaner, safer bathrooms
Well, this is embarrassing! Imagine sending a multibillion-dollar rover to an ancient lakebed on Mars only to discover after a year of poking around at the rocks that it might …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: December 4, 2022
Grayl launched into mountains and forests back in 2013 with a filter bottle built to collect water in the wild and make it safe to drink in seconds. In the nine years since, the company’s line of backcountry products has grown to include a variety of t… Continue reading Grayl titanium multitool bottle purifies water and cooks dinner
While the purification of wastewater once just involved the removal of traditional pollutants, it now also entails the removal of microplastic particles. A new powder reportedly does the job much quicker and more thoroughly than has previously been pos… Continue reading “Nanopillared” material removes microplastics from water via magnetism