A group of engineers have created technology to recover and purify, either seawater or wastewater from households, hotels, hospitals, commercial and industrial facilities, regardless of the content of ...

A groundbreaking study introduces a novel self-purifying water treatment system, featuring CoFe quantum dots embedded in graphene nanowires. This system efficiently removes over 70% of various ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

NU Water is embarking on a new chapter to expand beyond its previous title as the Center for Water Research. Its mission is ...

In the face of a warming world, some scientists argue that directly removing carbon dioxide from the air could help limit the severity of climate change. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is an open field ...

Mechanochemistry and X-ray insights yield a new COF material that captures PFAS efficiently, pointing to greener options for ...

Nanofiltration membranes represent a dynamic frontier in water purification, offering a selective barrier that removes dissolved salts, organic compounds and various contaminants while maintaining a ...

Every year in Canada, six trillion litres of municipal wastewater are partially treated and released into the environment, while another 150 billion litres of untreated sewage are discharged straight ...

An Oceanside water purification facility made history on Tuesday as what is being celebrated as San Diego County’s first wastewater treatment plant to go online. A grand opening was held for Pure ...

Scientists at the Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) have created a new biosorbent from agricultural waste – ...

California regulators have adopted rules that will eventually allow sewage to be transformed into drinking water that goes straight to taps. It's been touted as a tool to help cope with drought.