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Joseph Shavit
Sep 16, 2021
Captured water, carbon dioxide from car exhaust could help grow food
Texas A&M researchers have a novel idea to capture waste from passenger vehicle exhaust for use in urban greenhouses for food production.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 14, 2021
Could the water in bedrock save our forest ecosystems from climate change?
You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But tree roots can —and they’re doing it more frequently than scientists previously thought.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021
Drought–more than temperature–governs diversity of life on Earth
Scientists have long believed that temperature, especially freezing cold, limits diversity of plant species.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021
Green solution to combine sunlight and wastewater to make Ammonia 10x more efficiently
Engineers at the University of Illinois have created a solar-powered electrochemical reaction that not only uses wastewater to make ammonia
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 1, 2021
New liquid metal can turn motion into electricity, even underwater
Researchers have created a soft and stretchable device that converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 28, 2021
In a first, scientists capture a ‘quantum tug’ between neighboring water molecules
Water is the most abundant yet least understood liquid in nature and exhibits many strange behaviors that scientists struggle to explain.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 27, 2021
Alien Life Could Exist on 'Hycean' Exoplanets, Study Finds
When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far, we know only one planet that has yielded life.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 27, 2021
Advances in artificial rainfall hold big promise for water-scarce regions
Scientists are planning to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles to penetrate clouds and generate rainfall using electrical charges
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 14, 2021
Cleaning up water pollution with sunlight
In addition to providing vitamin D, helping flowers grow and creating the perfect excuse to head to the beach, sunlight also breaks down
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 14, 2021
Turning municipal wastewater into freshwater using recycled CO2
Turning cities’ wastewater into usable freshwater is an environmental win.
Engineering the system to be more energy efficient is better
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 5, 2021
Vapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air
New system developed by MIT could reduce water needs at power plants potentially helping alleviate water shortages in those areas.
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 1, 2021
Rocks on Earth hint at the possibility of more hidden water on Mars
A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a water-carrying iron mineral and the fact that these rocks are extremely...
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Joshua Shavit
Jul 31, 2021
York University planetary scientist puts Mars lake theory on ice with new study
For years scientists have been debating what might lay under the Martian planet’s south polar cap and initially attributed it to water.
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 28, 2021
For the first time, evidence found for water on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 26, 2021
Researchers develop mini radar to scan the moon for water and habitable tunnels
A miniature device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and hollow lava tubes on the moon for settlement
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Joseph Shavit
Jun 30, 2021
NASA researchers find dozens of lakes beneath its south pole
Either liquid water Is common beneath Mars’ South Pole, or these signals are indicative of something else.
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Joseph Shavit
Jun 24, 2021
Israeli Researchers Produce Clean Drinking Water from Air in Polluted Metro Areas
Researchers found that water generated from the air in the heart of Tel Aviv complied with all of the strict WHO drinking water standards.
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Joseph Shavit
Jun 24, 2021
New technology harvests water from the air, 24 hours a day, with no energy input
Fresh water is scarce in many parts of the world and must be obtained at great expense. Often the only option is to condense air humidity...
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Joseph Shavit
May 31, 2021
New sponge acts like a Swiss Army knife in cleaning up water pollution
First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from water
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Joseph Shavit
May 21, 2021
New discovery in water treatment: Removing hormones with sunlight
KIT researchers developed a new method to remove micropollutants using a photocatalytic membrane and visible light
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