Scientists have developed a new method to clean atrazine from drinking water using a new photo-sensitive material and sunlight.
Earth and environment
California’s risk of a flooding catastrophe – in Los Angeles
There is a flooding catastrophe awaiting California — not only in the Sacramento Delta, but in the Los Angeles region.
Climate predictions: Sometimes less is more
Toward better climate predictions using the ocean as the atmosphere’s memory.
Scientists offer an inkjet printing technology to make compact, flexible battery elements
Researchers propose printing electrodes for lithium-ion batteries on an inkjet printer, which will reduce the electrodes’ thickness by 10-20 times.
Safe potassium-ion batteries for next generation technologies
An electrolyte based on a flame-retardant material has been adapted for use in potassium batteries.
Almost 40% conversion efficiency predicted in new perovskite solar cell
A new material shows great potential with an impressive theoretical maximum conversion efficiency of 38% in a perovskite/Si tandem solar cell architecture.
Machine learning scopes out previously “invisible” microplastics
A new approach combines 3D coherent imaging with machine learning to detect microscale microplastics in filtered water samples.
Rinse, sense, adjust, repeat: Smart, resource-efficient washing machines
Researchers develop a biomimetic flow channel module that facilitates continuous process water analysis in washing machines.
All-in-one device for effective arsenic capture in water
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign develop an energy-efficient device for purifying arsenic-contaminated water.
Financing net zero
Global warming: a collision of science, economy, and politics. Could finance be the key?
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