From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to ...
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Surfer science supports seawater study
Seawater samples taken from a surfboard have helped scientists understand microscopic life in the waves, new research shows. Credit: University ...
Novel platform purifies oil-contaminated seawater
The United Nations’ most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report paints a bleak picture for the world’s water supply: Of ...
Seawater seep may be speeding glacier melt, sea level rise
The melting of ice sheets at the points where they float on and along the world’s oceans is a major ...
There’s gold in seawater! Can we extract It? (video)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2021 — The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it — that’s around 700 ...
A salty treat: Extracting high-quality magnesium sulphate from seawater desalination brine
Given that mining to extract high-grade mineral ores is wastefully energy intensive, exhaustible, and bad for the environment, scientists have ...
Quick test for potential probiotic in seawater may reveal health of corals
The multi-institute research team developed a method to quickly and noninvasively test for bacteria species known to benefit coral — ...