An adjustable filter that can prevent interference in the range 600 MHz to 6 GHz(blog.seas.upenn.edu)

64 points by giuliomagnifico 2 years ago | 13 comments

Research on harvesting electricity from humidity in the air(techxplore.com)

84 points by wglb 3 years ago | 39 comments

Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule 'Berkelocene'(newscenter.lbl.gov)

108 points by gmays 1 year ago | 43 comments

Metal-filtering sponge removes lead from water(news.northwestern.edu)

77 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 5 comments

Water-purifying cup makes drinkable water from creeks and streams(cockrell.utexas.edu)

44 points by jdmark 3 years ago | 30 comments

Princeton engineers create new oyster-inspired cement 17X more crack-resistant(engineering.princeton.edu)

47 points by toss1 2 years ago | 15 comments

New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste(rochester.edu)

490 points by speckx 4 months ago | 202 comments

University of Rochester news article about a new desalination method that turns ocean water into drinking water without producing waste brine.

Light can make water evaporate without heat(news.mit.edu)

409 points by Tomte 3 years ago | 171 comments

MIT News article reporting a finding that light can cause water to evaporate without heat, with implications for natural phenomena and desalination.

AI uses less water than the public thinks(californiawaterblog.com)

359 points by hirpslop 5 months ago | 320 comments

California WaterBlog post examining AI and data center water use, arguing concerns are overstated and drawing lessons for California water management.

Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find(techxplore.com)

513 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 403 comments

TechXplore news article on Stanford research finding carbon capture is more costly than switching to renewable energy.

Why is desalination so difficult?(practical.engineering)

577 points by mrzool 3 years ago | 392 comments

Practical Engineering blog post with an embedded video explaining why desalinating seawater into drinking water is technically and economically difficult.

Engineers develop water filtration that removes “forever chemicals”(news.ubc.ca)

424 points by benguild 3 years ago | 190 comments

Report on a UBC-developed water treatment that captures and destroys PFAS 'forever chemicals'; the screenshot shows an NBC News video page with a pre-roll ad.