Carbon-coated paper affixed to expanded polystyrene foam can be used to address the global freshwater shortage.
Food and Water
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Tomatoes
You can chop ripe tomatoes and sprinkle them with salt and pepper to fully appreciate their taste. Alternatively, you can lyse tomatoes in a hypertonic buffer to appreciate their proteome.
Solar Fuels Beyond Water Splitting
Modeling approach reveals attractive alternatives to water splitting towards solar fuels.
Arsenic-Free Drinking Water for Just $2 Per Year
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras report a water purification device that is estimated to deliver arsenic-free drinking water to a family of five for just US $2 per year.
Phase Affects Phosphate Fertiliser Fate
A team working across Lebanon and France selected 44 different fertilisers available in the eastern Mediterranean region and conducted a speciation study to determine the mineral phases of the trace metals present in each brand.
Full Steam Ahead on Clean Water!
Recyclable nanoparticles convert solar energy and water into clean water steam with high efficiency.
Borrowing Ideas from Nature: Sustainable Packaging Materials Inspired by Plant Cuticles
Plant cuticle-inspired composites as sustainable alternative to traditional plastics for packaging applications.
Collagen, The Secret to Anti-Skin-Aging?
Oral ingestion of collagen hydrolysates increases the collagen content and antioxidant enzyme activities, and improves the appearance and structure of the skin.
Frozen: Soil Remediation Below Zero Degrees
Soil remediation after an environmental disaster is literally a matter of rescuing an entire ecosystem from the ground up.
Switching Liquid Repellent Surfaces
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University, USA, have now revealed a magnetically transformable surface that can reversibly switch between the lotus and the pitcher plant modes
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