Overcoming the problem of salt accumulation, this proof-of-concept could be used to provide cheap, safe drinking water and sterilise medical tools in remote locations or for disaster relief. In 2016,...
A practical and automated bio-monitoring system that measures the swimming behaviour of microorganisms has been developed to assess water quality and detect the presence of pollutants, like heavy...
Collaborative team of scientists used convection-permitting modelling to simulate precipitation of the Tibetan Plateau, explaining its characteristics as reasons for excessive rainfall. The Tibetan...
Research team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Tsinghua University, discover microstructures of the smallest ice cube....
Team from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology identify factors that influence the prediction of heatwaves in the Yangtze River basin through data from three operational models....
Collaborative study finds evidence of amplification of the global water cycle over the past 50 years through studying of ocean salinity. As a result of climate change, the global water cycle is also...
Team from the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a biomimetic hierarchical solar steam generator based on bacterial cellulose nanocomposites. The demand for clean drinking...
Scientists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University collaborate to understand the structure of liquid water and its hydrogen-bonding...
A photocatalyst with the chemical formula Bi8(CrO4)O11 was synthesized and exhibited wide-spectrum solar energy conversion, efficient water oxidation and pollutant degradation. Conventional...
Engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a smartphone device able to detect the presence of harmful algae in just 15 minutes. The team led by Assistant Professor...
The S$300,000 prize honours individuals or organisations whose achievements in technology, policies or programmes help solve some of the world’s water challenges and benefit people around the...
The water we rely on is being clogged fast by prescription drug waste, chemicals used in agriculture and industry, and micro-plastics, and it is seeping into the public water chain to threaten human...
