All desalination articles
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ResearchTeflon-inspired nanochannels outperform biological water transporters
Extreme water repellence of fluorinated surfaces leads to unprecedented permeation rates
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Research
High school students design a bottle that turns seawater into drinking water
Mangrove trees inspire thermal and membrane-based desalination system
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Sponsored
Nitto’s hydranautics membrane technology makes seawater drinkable
How reverse osmosis membrane technology is being used to fulfill 100% of a city’s fresh water needs
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Research
Ion trapping desalination membrane fishes out valuable materials
Selectively trapping toxic or useful ions could reduce toxicity of brine waste and offset costs
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Research
Atom-thin graphene water pipes
Narrowest ever capillaries fit only single water molecules while salts are excluded
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Research
Turing patterned membrane takes on water purification
Mathematician Alan Turing’s sole chemistry paper inspires self-assembling spotted and striped polymer structures
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Research
Fresh water and electricity out of the blue
Hybrid system produces steam and electricity from saltwater
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Research
Carbon nanotube filters surpass nature's best water movers
Nanotube pores hold promise of cutting the cost of desalination substantially
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Research
Floating graphene cooks up clean water
Graphene aerogel converts sunlight into heat to produce water vapour at room temperature
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Research
Bubble-wrapped composite boils water in the cold light of day
School science project inspires cheaper way to desalinate water
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Research
Solar-powered desalination produces energy
Silver, silica and titania nanocomposite converts seawater into pure drinking water and hydrogen gas
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Business
Low salt diet to flush out oil
Better understanding of oil–clay chemistry could increase the world’s recoverable oil by billions of barrels
