The research – published ahead of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17…
Bacteria-Sized Robots Take on Microplastics and Win by Breaking Them Down
Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban environments to pristine wilderness. Left to their own devices, it can take hundreds of years for them to degrade completely. Catalysts activated by…
What We Know About Water May Have Just Changed Dramatically
Water is weird – and yet so important. In fact, it is one of the most unusual molecules on Earth. It boils at a temperature it shouldn’t. It expands and floats when…
A New Water Treatment Technology Could Also Help Mars Explorers
A team led by UC Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove a dangerous chemical from water on Earth that could also make Martian soil safer for agriculture and help produce…
A New Way to Remove Salts and Toxic Metals from Water
Most people on Earth get fresh water from lakes and rivers. But these account for only 0.007% of the world’s water. As the human population has grown, so has demand for fresh…
New ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Cleans Up Water Pollution
Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes and other waterways has reached dangerous levels, causing algae blooms that starve fish and aquatic plants of oxygen. Meanwhile, farmers worldwide are coming to terms with a…
