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The presence of toxic metals in water stemming from industrial sources makes treatment a tall order, with these polluted liquids capable of contaminating groundwater supplies for years or even decades thereafter. Scientists at Japan’s Nagoya University… Continue reading Electrified nanocarbon cleanses polluted water of toxic heavy metals
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is home to a surprising amount of ice. Now, researchers at Georgia Tech have put forward an explanation for how at least some of it got there – and it turns out, the heat plays an important role.Cont… Continue reading Mercury may paradoxically use intense heat to make huge amounts of ice
Aquatic hypoxia can be a serious problem, producing oxygen-depleted “dead zones” in lakes or seas. New research suggests that a process known as downwelling may help keep those zones from forming – although it wouldn’t be a cheap solution.Continue Read… Continue reading “Downwelling” could be a temporary fix for aquatic dead zones
Astronomers have analyzed the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet and found that there are plenty of scenarios where it could have liquid water – and by extension, possibly life – on its surface. This new study adds weight to the idea that habitable exopl… Continue reading Analysis of Super-Earth atmosphere reveals potentially-habitable world
It’s vitally important to monitor the water quality of fish farms, as problems such as pollution can quickly prove disastrous. A small new floating cube was designed with this in mind, as it continuously tracks multiple factors.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Little sensor cube could make a big difference at fish farms
Irrigation controllers have been around for a long time, often using similar hardware inside that would be familiar to the average maker. However, many of the products on the shelf at your local hardware store can be quite expensive for what amounts to a microcontroller, display, and relay board. [oscillatory] …read more
Continue reading Irrigation Controller Uses Google Calendar To Make Things Easy
We’ve already heard about so-called “fog harps” that use thin wires to collect airborne water droplets, providing drinking water even in arid regions. Well, an experimental new device also uses wires to capture water vapor, although it proceeds to gene… Continue reading Air-gen tech harvests humidity to generate electricity
It’s one of life’s most frustrating ironies that Earth’s surface is over 70 percent water, but most of that is undrinkable. Desalination is an important technology that may help unlock more drinking water, and now two independent teams have developed n… Continue reading Solar-powered desalination systems could bring water to disaster zones
A water supplier in Greenville, North Carolina has suffered a targeted cyber-attack that affected online payments for half a million a people. The outage is expected to last at least two more days as experts investigate the hack. Greenville Water, whic… Continue reading North Carolina water supplier targeted in ‘international cyberattack’
[mcu_nerd] is like any engineer, which is why his problem of an occasionally leaky water heater sure looks like a research project with no end in sight. Sure there’s probably a commercial product out there that can be had for half the cost and a few clicks of the mouse, …read more