Fresh water we can use for drinking or agriculture is only about 3 percent of the global water supply, and nearly 70 percent of that is trapped in glaciers and ice caps. So far, that was enough to ...

Humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination systems utilise low-temperature thermal processes to mimic the natural hydrological cycle. By evaporating water at sub-boiling temperatures and then ...

image: MIT researchers have designed a new solar desalination system that takes in saltwater and heats it with natural sunlight. The system flushes out accumulated salt, so replacement parts aren’t ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Kazuhiro Noda, hereinafter "Nippon Shokubai")(TOKYO:4114) combined ...

Researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Manufacturing have developed a novel off-grid direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) system that ...

Suppose a world where the expanse of an ocean could satiate the thirst of millions and where the relentless roar of the sun, with its blistering heat, could transform saline water into a veritable ...

MIT researchers claim to have created a revolutionary solar-powered desalination system powered directly from sunlight without any auxiliary external power or batteries. The invention has 'adapted to ...

Researchers have created a novel desalination system that runs with the rhythms of the sun. The MIT team’s solar-powered ...

With summer temperatures soaring, the spectre of water scarcity looms large. As a possible solution to increase the availability of clean, potable water, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun. In a paper ...