Tag Archives: Water
‘Solar steam’ so effective it can make steam from icy cold water Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new “solar steam” method from Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) is so effective it can even produce steam from icy cold water....
Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sunlight to gather energy from earth and water. Members of Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse’s biological research team at Bielefeld University have made a groundbreaking discovery that one plant has another way of doing this. They have confirmed for the first time that a plant, the green alga Chlamydomonas...
Safe, affordable and accessible water is regarded as one of our planet’s scarcest natural resources. This is particularly true on the African continent, where water insecurity is often an everyday reality. At the same time, equitable access to water is fundamental to life and human health and well-being. South Africa already struggles with water scarcity, and it is predicted...
