All Articles Tagged As: water

First 'nanorust' field test slated in Mexico (5/30/2009)

Rice University researchers today announced that the first field tests of "nanorust," the University's revolutionary, low-cost technology for removing arsenic from drinking water, will begin later this year in Guanajuato, Mexico. In the tests, tiny particles of rust will be added to sand in large filters and used to remove arsenic from groundwater. ...> Full Article

It's raining pentagons (3/11/2009)

This week's Nature Materials reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Center for Nanotechnology at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain. ...> Full Article

A green future for scrap iron (11/6/2008)

Researchers use zero valent iron to detoxify pollutants in industrial wastewater ...> Full Article

Water purification down the nanotubes (9/17/2008)

Could nanotechnology solve the water crisis? ...> Full Article

Bacteria and nanofilters - the future of clean water technology (2/13/2008)

Bacteria often get bad press, with those found in water often linked to illness and disease. But researchers at The University of Nottingham are using these tiny organisms alongside the very latest membrane filtration techniques to improve and refine water cleaning technology. ...> Full Article