MIT Invention Turns Salt Water Into Drinking Water Using Solar Power
WaterSusanne Nilsson/FlickrCC by SA 2.0From plants to people, every living thing on this planet needs water. But getting enough to survive, and survive comfortably, that can be a little tricky. Just...
View ArticleChilean Fog Nets Pull Beer From Desert Air
Fog in the Atacama DesertDanielle Pereira via Flickr, CC by 2.0Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on the planet; some parts haven’t seen rainfall for centuries. But the region is often...
View ArticleKrypton Can Tell How Much Water California (And Mad Max) Has Left
WaterChad Cooper/FlickrCC by 2.0Anyone who has seen Mad Max: Fury Road (or even the trailer, no spoilers here) might have noticed the massive amounts of water getting pumped out of the ground, giving...
View ArticleAstronauts Could Harvest Moon Water With Space Distilleries
Blue MoonFlickr/FrozenInLightAs sunlight floods across the moon’s surface, water molecules in the frozen crust warm up and evaporate. That water vapor later cools and condenses into a frost which,...
View ArticleThis Computer Runs On Water Droplets And Magnets
Water Droplet ComputerStanford/YouTubeAs anyone who has experienced the devastation of spilling a glass of water on their laptop knows, H2O and computers don't mix. Almost equally as bad? Magnets. Both...
View ArticleNeed Clean Water? Just Add These Seeds
Moringa oleifera seedsPenn StateClean, drinkable water is unfortunately out of reach for hundreds of millions of people around the world, contributing to a vicious cycle of poverty and disease. People...
View ArticleLaser-Armed Cryo Robots Could Explore Europa For Alien Life
Europa, RemasteredNASA/JPLA re-mastered photo of Europa's surface. For more information, read Francie Diep's Story on the nearly-true colors of EuropaWhat has lasers, a torpedo-shaped body, and is...
View ArticleNASA Satellites Show How Bad Earth’s Water Supply Is Getting
Aquifer MapUC Irvine / NASAWe live on a planet that is mostly covered in water, but only a small portion of that liquid is drinkable. There are freshwater rivers and streams, but increasingly, we rely...
View ArticleCrater Shows Mars Probably Had Water 500,000 Years Ago
Map of Istok crater on Mars highlighting water erosion tracksNature CommunicationsWhen it comes to space, one of humanity's favorite pastimes is looking for flowing water on Mars. Scientists pore over...
View ArticleStudent Invents Shapeshifting Pinecone-Inspired Building Material
Shapeshifting MaterialChao ChenA new material changes shape when wet, a property that has numerous uses in design and around the house.This might be one of the cooler student projects we've ever seen...
View ArticleWatch A Fizzy Orb Float Through The Space Station In 4K
Video of RED 4K Camera Captures Riveting Footage of Unique Fluid Behavior in Space LaboratoryMankind’s outpost in space, the International Space Station, does a lot of important research. But the...
View ArticleInsect-Like Robot Can Jump On Water
Seoul National UniversityA water strider next to the first robot to use surface-tension dominated water jumpingSince Biblical times, people have been fascinated with the idea of walking on water. Now...
View ArticleWarmer Temperatures Could Mean More Salmonella Outbreaks
Salmonella bacteriaRocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH via Wikimedia CommonsVomiting, fever, and diarrhea—these nasty symptoms are the embodiment of the crippling effects that salmonella can have...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind The EPA's Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think
When the river runs yellowREUTERS/EPA HandoutYellow mine waste from the Gold King Mine is seen in the river waters near San Juan County, Colorado, in an EPA photo captured on August 7, 2015.They say no...
View ArticleEuropa Or Bust: Searching For Life In Jupiter's Orbit
EuropaNASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI InstituteThe search for alien life has recently taken a surprise twist away from Mars and toward Europa, an ice ball of a moon in orbit around Jupiter. To understand why,...
View ArticleNose-Like Biosensor Sniffs Out Stinky Drinking Water
Earthy odors are not delicious in waterMcability via PixabayElectronic noses can detect bugs, disease or even explosives. Now scientists have applied similar technology to detecting contaminated...
View ArticleSierra Nevada Snowpack Is At Its Lowest Level In 500 Years
East of The Sierra Nevada (from The San Joaquin Valley)François B. LanoëWith record-setting temperatures and the first ever mandatory state-wide water restriction, it’s not as if Californians need...
View ArticleNASA's MAVEN Orbiter Celebrates One Year Around Mars
Today marks one year since NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission entered orbit around our planetary neighbor. The goal of the $671 million mission is to investigate the planet’s...
View ArticleMars Has Flowing Water, New Evidence Indicates
100-meter-long dark streaks on Mars have long been thought to be evidence of flowing waterNASA/JPL/University of ArizonaDark, narrow streaks stretch their fingers down Mars' slopes every warm season....
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