All Articles Tagged As: water

Team learns from nature to split water (8/22/2008)

Researchers have used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. ...> Full Article

Water is 'designer fluid' that helps proteins change shape, scientists say (8/8/2008)

According to new research, old ideas about water behavior are all wet. ...> Full Article

Scientists solve secrets of the water-oil interface (8/5/2008)

When oil and water are poured together they meet each other head-on to form a strong and rigid boundary between each other ...> Full Article

Chemist Goes Nano with CoQ10 (7/30/2008)

You may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco. ...> Full Article

New Chlorine-Tolerant, Desalination Membrane Hopes to Boost Access to Clean Water (7/26/2008)

A chemical engineering team has developed a chlorine-tolerant membrane that should simplify the water desalination process, increasing access to fresh water and possibly reducing greenhouse gases. ...> Full Article

Virtally waterless washing machine heralds cleaning revolution (6/12/2008)

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a new way of cleaning clothes using less than 2% of the water and energy of a conventional washing machine. The revolutionary technology will provide alternatives to both domestic washing and dry cleaning, heralding the world’s first “virtually waterless” washing system. ...> Full Article

'Man-made' Water Has Different Chemistry (6/11/2008)

New Study Predicts Shape of Drops to Come ...> Full Article

Fueling Ethanol Production While Protecting Water Quality (4/7/2008)

Scientists evaluate the unintended consequences of ethanol production on water quality ...> Full Article

Artificial Photosynthesis Moves a Step Closer (3/27/2008)

Scientists synthesise stable catalyst for water oxidation ...> Full Article

Microorganisms used to cut toxins in groundwater (3/16/2008)

Scientist invents a treatment system, called the membrane biofilm reactor, which uses naturally occurring microorganisms to remove contaminants from water ...> Full Article

Studies show trace pharmaceuticals in water (3/14/2008)

Though multiple studies show trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in some Montana water, activated charcoal drinking water filters and reverse osmosis systems are able to remove most of them ...> Full Article

Cleanup method uses activated carbon to anchor toxins to bottom of the bay (11/30/2007)

Imagine a Brita filter big enough to clean up San Francisco Bay. ...> Full Article

Scientists Discover New Way To Make Water (11/2/2007)

In a familiar high-school chemistry demonstration, an instructor first uses electricity to split liquid water into its constituent gases, hydrogen and oxygen. Then, by combining the two gases and igniting them with a spark, the instructor changes the gases back into water with a loud pop. ...> Full Article

Aluminum Alloys for Hydrogen Generation (10/12/2007)

Research group has successfully developed aluminum alloy which generates hydrogen when in contact with poured room-temperature water. ...> Full Article

'Hot' ice could lead to medical device (9/20/2007)

Theoretical advance shows ice possible at body temperature ...> Full Article