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Georgia Tech Included in Major Water Desalination Research Initiative
Today
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) has been…
Potato as effective as carbohydrate gels for boosting athletic performance, study finds
Today
Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel in sustaining blood…
Astronomers Find Water in the Atmosphere of a Habitable Exoplanet for the First Time
September 12, 2019
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, and the efforts of a large team of astronomers, we now know…
Solar Flares, Bubble Rings, and Ink Chandeliers
July 29, 2019 
Computer simulations elucidate the mathematics governing twisting vortex rings. Engineers from Caltech have generated a computer simulation of…
Deep-sea snail described by Southampton researcher makes Red list of Endangered Species
July 19, 2019
A fascinating deep-sea snail, first described as a new species by an international team of researchers including a…
UTA anthropologist studies ancient submerged settlements in Great Lakes
July 11, 2019
Water covers nearly three-quarters of Earth’s surface, and one researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is…
Experiments reveal the physics of evaporation
June 11, 2019
It’s a process so fundamental to everyday life — in everything from your morning coffeemaker to the huge…
Unexpected observation of ice at low temperature, high pressure questions ice, water theory
May 24, 2019
Through an experiment designed to create a super-cold state of water, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak…
Why is it so difficult to pour wine, water or tea? It just doesn’t want to go where it’s supposed to go
May 21, 2019
Tell us if this sounds familiar – you try to pour water from one cup to another and…
Chemists take a closer look at the spot where water meets air
May 14, 2019
Water, despite its central place in so many processes vital to life on Earth, remains a chemical mystery…
Study reveals final fate of levitating Leidenfrost droplets
May 13, 2019
Splash some water on a hot skillet, and you’ll often see the droplets sizzle and quickly evaporate. But…
Getting to the bottom of the “boiling crisis”
April 17, 2019
The simple act of boiling water is one of humankind’s oldest inventions, and still central to many of…
Through machine learning, new model holds water
April 4, 2019
Scientists build highly accurate molecular water model using machine learning. While water is perceived to be one of…
Acrobatic geckos can even race on water’s surface
December 7, 2018
Geckos are renowned for their acrobatic feats on land and in the air, but a new discovery that…
Bursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air
November 16, 2018
Wherever there’s water, there’s bound to be bubbles floating at the surface. From standing puddles, lakes, and streams,…
Not all the Earth’s Water Came From Comets
November 11, 2018 
We have comets and asteroids to thank for Earth’s water, according to the most widely-held theory among scientists.…
Study: Oceans Have Absorbed 60 Percent More Heat Than Previously Thought
November 2, 2018
For each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150…
New understanding of the solidification of high-pressure ice found in ‘ocean world’ planets
October 11, 2018
A team of theorists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has solved a long-standing puzzle in the nucleation…
Flowing Salt Water Over This Super-Hydrophobic Surface Can Generate Electricity
October 4, 2018
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a super-hydrophobic surface that can be used to…
New, highly stable catalyst may help turn water into fuel
October 1, 2018
Breaking the bonds between oxygen and hydrogen in water could be a key to the creation of hydrogen…
Neutrons produce first direct 3D maps of water during cell membrane fusion
September 22, 2018 
New 3D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion are accelerating scientific understanding of cell development, which…
Viruses discern, destroy E. coli in drinking water
September 20, 2018
To rapidly detect the presence of E. coli in drinking water, Cornell food scientists now can employ a…
Nanotubes change the shape of water
August 29, 2018
Here’s one way to fit a square peg into a round hole. First, according to Rice University engineers,…
New approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets
August 29, 2018
When spraying paint or coatings onto a surface, or fertilizers or pesticides onto crops, the size of the…
Better model of water under extreme conditions could aid understanding of Earth’s mantle
June 25, 2018
Deep inside the Earth exist pockets of water —but the liquid there isn’t like the water on the…
New NASA Mission to Detect Plant Water Use from Space
June 20, 2018
Doctors learn a lot about their patients’ health by taking their temperature. An elevated temperature, or fever, can…
Water is not simply water
May 29, 2018
Experiment proves different chemical reactivity of para- and ortho-water. Water molecules exist in two different forms with almost…
Twin Spacecraft to Weigh in on Earth’s Changing Water
April 30, 2018
A pair of new spacecraft that will observe our planet’s ever-changing water cycle, ice sheets, and crust is…
Stanford scientists create gold nanoparticles in water
April 25, 2018
An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything of note instead produced a “bewildering”…
Understanding the strange behaviour of water
April 10, 2018
Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a collaboration…
- The behavior of water: scientists find new properties of H2O
August 28, 2018 - Water may be key to understanding sweetness
July 19, 2018 - A warm look at water’s structure
May 15, 2018 - Garnet reveals source of water to fuel powerful volcanoes and earthquakes
April 3, 2018 - Combining power of humans, computers key to watershed solutions
March 23, 2018 - Scientists find seismic imaging is blind to water
March 15, 2018 - Scientists developed simple and cheap device to test drinking water for arsenic
March 8, 2018
- Rotavirus transmission influenced by temperature, water movement
March 8, 2018 - Virginia Tech leads efforts to develop national water pipeline database
March 1, 2018 - Nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of colorectal cancer
February 15, 2018 - Sanitation improves health but not stunted growth in a Stanford-led trial in Bangladesh
February 6, 2018
- Scientists get better numbers on what happens when electrons get wet
February 5, 2018 - Arctic sea ice loss could dry out California
December 6, 2017 - Why ice is so slippery? Because it is not just ice – it is also some liquid water
December 1, 2017 - Water freezing into ice actually warms up? Cool experiment you can do at home
November 29, 2017 - Hidden nitrate pollution beneath our feet threatens water supplies worldwide
November 15, 2017 - How ice in clouds is born
November 13, 2017 - Reducing power plants’ freshwater consumption with Sandia’s new silica filter
October 19, 2017 - Water utilities’ plans to make water soft no simple feat
October 17, 2017 - Where food is limited, guppy mothers gestate their young longer
October 12, 2017 - Drone offers new possibilities for climate proofing of watercourses
October 10, 2017 - Only when it is exceptionally ice cold: bonding of water molecules
October 3, 2017 - Generating terahertz radiation from water makes ‘the impossible, possible’
September 28, 2017 - Amount of water in stem cells can determine its fate as fat or bone
September 27, 2017 - The hard truth about eczema: it’s something in the water
September 25, 2017 - Filtering molecules from the water or air with nanomembranes
September 18, 2017 - Stick, peel, or bounce: Controlling a freezing droplet’s fate
September 12, 2017 - Eighteenth century nautical charts reveal coral loss
September 7, 2017 - Researchers find a new bacterium that helps turn water into ice
August 16, 2017 - It’s something in the water: LLNL scientists extract hydrogen as potential fuel source
August 1, 2017 - Scientists spy new evidence of water in the Moon’s interior
July 25, 2017 - New assessment identifies global hotspots for water conflict
July 18, 2017 - Mica provides clue to how water transports minerals
July 15, 2017 - Stalagmites from Iranian Cave Foretell Grim Future for Middle East Climate
July 14, 2017 - Clean water that’s ‘just right’ with Sandia sensor solution
July 12, 2017 - Ryan McManamay: An Aquatic Outlook on Future Energy
June 28, 2017 - Could This Strategy Bring High-Speed Communications to the Deep Sea?
June 28, 2017 - More Than Half Full: Our Bodies, Water, and Balance
June 26, 2017 - Mind the liquid gap: liquids are capable of supporting waves with short wavelengths only
June 13, 2017 - Window to a watery past on Mars
June 9, 2017 - Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast
May 31, 2017 - Virus infection may be linked to 2014 Toledo water crisis
May 31, 2017 - Squeezing Every Drop of Fresh Water from Waste Brine
May 30, 2017 - What would happen if you drank only water? 6 positive changes which you would notice very quickly
May 21, 2017 - In Measuring Gas Exchange Between Water and Air, Size Matters
May 9, 2017 - Aquatic rest stops may pose potential hazards for migratory waterfowl
May 3, 2017 - Using light to propel water
April 27, 2017 - From The Osuji Lab, Clean Water From A Plant-Based Membrane
April 23, 2017 - Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content
April 20, 2017 - Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun
April 19, 2017 - Water, water everywhere … even in the air
April 18, 2017 - Advantage for Catalysts: Water
April 16, 2017 - NASA Missions Provide New Insights into ‘Ocean Worlds’ in Our Solar System
April 14, 2017 - Study reveals plants ‘listen’ to find sources of water
April 12, 2017 - First-of-its-kind Interactive Map Brings Together 40 Years of Water-Quality Data
April 5, 2017 - Study finds support for new forms of liquid water
April 4, 2017 - Researchers find special bacteria in Claytor Lake that can freeze water
March 29, 2017 - Underwater mountains help ocean water rise from abyss
March 7, 2017 - Water-Repellent Nanotextures Found to Have Excellent Anti-Fogging Abilities
March 4, 2017 - Underwater seagrass meadows dial back polluted seawater
February 17, 2017 - Ultimate solar-powered water purifier
February 1, 2017 - Arctic melt ponds form when meltwater clogs ice pores
January 25, 2017 - Treated carbon pulls radioactive elements from water
January 20, 2017 - Unraveling the radium riddle
January 11, 2017 - Arctic lakes thawing earlier each year
December 27, 2016 - Coal-Tar-Sealant a Major Source of PAH Contamination in Milwaukee Streams
December 23, 2016 - Mexico’s energy reform calls for new water policy
December 14, 2016 - Google-funded Flint water app helps residents find lead risk, resources
December 9, 2016 - How to provide enough energy, water, and food for everyone
December 9, 2016 - A watershed moment in understanding how H2O conducts electricity
December 2, 2016
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