(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanofluidic membranes based on two-dimensional (2D) materials are promising materials for next-generation water desalination and purification. For instance, pristine and ...

Over the past year, researchers have been refining their unconventional desalination approach for hypersaline brines -- temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE) -- that shows great promise for ...

New York, NY--June 25, 2020--Water security is becoming an urgent global challenge. Hundreds of millions of people already live in water-scarce regions, and the UN projects that by 2030 about half the ...

Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world. Desalination of seawater is an established method to produce drinkable water but comes with huge energy costs. For the first time, researchers use ...

A team of researchers has just unveiled a desalination technology that could transform how we get fresh water. Their new system pairs a low-energy technique called electrodialysis with tough and ...

Schematic image, showing the cyclopentane (CP) HBD. Credit: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology Schematic image, showing the cyclopentane (CP) HBD. Credit: Ulsan National Institute of ...

Schematic image, showing the cyclopentane (CP) HBD. Credit: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology A research team led by Professor Yongwon Seo in the Graduate School of Carbon Neutrality ...

Researchers developed a desalination system that is more efficient and less expensive than previous methods. In addition to providing fresh water, the process could be used to treat contaminated ...

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 ...

A pioneering study has introduced an innovative method to render seawater not only potable but also a potential reservoir of renewable energy. A group of Chinese researchers has moved one step closer ...