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Self-driving lab transforms materials discovery
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory- Journal
- Nature Communications
How polymers and natural temperature variations serve to produce clean drinking water
Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet MainzIs there a way to obtain fresh water from seawater without employing conventional desalination techniques? A team led by Professor Sebastian Seiffert of the Department of Chemistry at JGU has developed a very promising approach to dealing with this important question. The HydroDeSal concept uses a hydrogel that reacts to changes in temperature. Once it gets cooler in the evening, the hydrogel draws water from the sea, already rejecting the salt, and then releases clean, salt-free drinking water during the day when temperatures rise. The application of this strategy is now to be made ready for the market.
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- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
FIFA president visits UT, hails groundbreaking turf research for upcoming World Cups
University of Tennessee at KnoxvillePioneering a new direction for semiconductor etching ceramics!
National Research Council of Science & Technology- Journal
- Journal of Advanced Ceramics
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
Pioneering a new direction for semiconductor etching ceramics!
National Research Council of Science & Technology- Journal
- Journal of Advanced Ceramics
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
British flowers: A sustainable future for the flower industry
University of SurreyPhotographing DUNE
DOE/Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryDocumenting the work of building the world’s largest neutrino experiment presents photographers with a unique set of challenges.
Maps will show how climate change may reshape world population by 2100
University of SouthamptonCould future maps give us a glimpse of what the world's population will look like in 2100? Experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of earth’s population.