The 4th volume of Advanced Science is launched with issue 1.
Arsenic-Free Drinking Water for Just $2 Per Year
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras report a water purification device that is estimated to deliver arsenic-free drinking water to a family of five for just US $2 per year.
Adaptive Architecture for Energy-Saving Buildings
Kiri-kirigami structures are the next generation of origami-based reconfigurable mechanical metamaterials for adaptive architecture and energy-saving buildings.
Phase Affects Phosphate Fertiliser Fate
A team working across Lebanon and France selected 44 different fertilisers available in the eastern Mediterranean region and conducted a speciation study to determine the mineral phases of the trace metals present in each brand.
Full Steam Ahead on Clean Water!
Recyclable nanoparticles convert solar energy and water into clean water steam with high efficiency.
Carbon Footprints: Topsoil pH Predicts Organic Carbon Content
Researchers have determined the extent to which pH can predict soil organic carbon density depending upon the nature of the land use.
“What We Need is More Science and Less Rhetoric!”
Lynda Walsh’s advanced review introduces readers to the history and theory of rhetoric to provide readers with a few simple but powerful tools that can help them better understand and craft arguments about climate science.
Energizing Waste
Chinese researchers turn vinasse, a by-product from alcohol producing industry, into promising electrode material for energy storage.
Borrowing Ideas from Nature: Sustainable Packaging Materials Inspired by Plant Cuticles
Plant cuticle-inspired composites as sustainable alternative to traditional plastics for packaging applications.
MetOp-C: All Good Things Come in Threes
The third MetOp weather satellite is being put to the test.