17-Feb-2025 How polymers and natural temperature variations serve to produce clean drinking water Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Is there a way to obtain fresh water from seawater without employing conventional desalination techniques? A team led by Professor Sebastian Seiffert of the Department of Chemistry at JGU has developed a very promising approach to dealing with this important question. The HydroDeSal concept uses a hydrogel that reacts to changes in temperature. Once it gets cooler in the evening, the hydrogel draws water from the sea, already rejecting the salt, and then releases clean, salt-free drinking water during the day when temperatures rise. The application of this strategy is now to be made ready for the market. Funder Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
17-Feb-2025 FIFA president visits UT, hails groundbreaking turf research for upcoming World Cups University of Tennessee at Knoxville FIFA President Gianni Infantino praised the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s turf research facility for its role in preparing pitches for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and FIFA World Cup 26. The five-year project with Michigan State University aims to ensure consistent, high-quality playing surfaces across various climates and stadiums.
14-Feb-2025 Pioneering a new direction for semiconductor etching ceramics! National Research Council of Science & Technology Dr. Ho Jin Ma's research team from the Nano Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), in collaboration with Professor Jeong-Woo Lee's research team from Pusan National University, has successfully developed a groundbreaking new composition and processing technology for transparent plasma-resistant high-entropy ceramics. Journal Journal of Advanced Ceramics Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
14-Feb-2025 Pioneering a new direction for semiconductor etching ceramics! National Research Council of Science & Technology Dr. Ho Jin Ma's research team from the Nano Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), in collaboration with Professor Jeong-Woo Lee's research team from Pusan National University, has successfully developed a groundbreaking new composition and processing technology for transparent plasma-resistant high-entropy ceramics. Journal Journal of Advanced Ceramics Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
14-Feb-2025 British flowers: A sustainable future for the flower industry University of Surrey There is a sustainable future for the British flower industry – but it has to start with recognition that the current model is fuelling the environmental crisis through carbon emissions and agrochemical pollution emitted through current production processes, according to new research.
13-Feb-2025 Photographing DUNE DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Documenting the work of building the world’s largest neutrino experiment presents photographers with a unique set of challenges.
13-Feb-2025 Maps will show how climate change may reshape world population by 2100 University of Southampton Could future maps give us a glimpse of what the world's population will look like in 2100? Experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of earth’s population.
13-Feb-2025 Don’t miss a quiet symptom of concussion Mayo Clinic Dizziness, headaches, confusion, fatigue, blurry vision and sensitivity to light are among the most common symptoms of a concussion. Once these symptoms have subsided and patients begin to resume their regular activities, they also may experience often-overlooked, underlying effects of concussion — persistent ringing in their ears, sensitivity to noise and hearing difficulties.
13-Feb-2025 Artificial intelligence system reshaping the UK's war against knife crime University of Surrey Knife Hunter, a new AI system developed by the University of Surrey, is offering "a glimpse of a not-too-distant future" where Britain's police forces and local authorities use AI to tackle knife crime in London and across the country.
13-Feb-2025 University of Tennessee faculty work to move inventions from lab to marketplace University of Tennessee at Knoxville Five University of Tennessee, Knoxville, faculty entrepreneurs, recipients of the university’s first Chancellor’s Innovation Fund awards, are revolutionizing their fields and tackling big problems with research supported by the competitive funding opportunity.
