Tag: Nanotechnology
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IWA schedules nanotechnology symposium for China
The International Water Association is to hold a regional symposium on Nanotechnology And Water Treatment in China in 2013.
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Graphene can double desalination flux say MIT pair
The use of nanoporous graphene as a desalination material has received further research support, this time by two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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ACWA appoints nanotechnology membrane specialist
UK water and wastewater specialist ACWA Services announced on 6 June 2012 that it has appointed a membrane nanotechnology specialist, Dr Oscar Hernandez-Ramirez as a chemical process engineer.
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Desalination expert to establish Masdar water excellence centre
The current editor-in-chief of the journal Desalination, Dr Nidal Hilal, has been appointed professor in nano-membranology (sic) and water technologies at the Masdar Institute of Science & Technology.
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NWRI funding prompts membrane research
Membrane water and wastewater treatment features prominently in the research project progress reports from graduate students who received funding for the US National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Fellowship Program for the academic year 2011-2012.
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Indian desalination conference set for February
The Indian Desalination Society (InDA) has published a brochure for its National Conference on Water Purification Technologies & Management (InDACON 2012).
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Wyoming U funded for research on nanomaterials in drinking water
The University of Wyoming, USA, announced on 4 November 2011, that Jonathan Brant, assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering, had received a US$ 300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the ability of water treatment plants to remove manufactured nanomaterials from drinking water.
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German/Saudi JV to make ceramic membranes for RO pretreatment
German nanotechnology investment company Nanostart announced on 20 October 2011 that one of its holdings, ItN Nanovation AG, had finalised a joint venture (JV) agreement with Saudi Arabian company Jaffali to produce ceramic flat membranes (CFMs) primarily for pretreatment for reverse-osmosis.
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Membrane monitor developments get Eureka approval
Two water membrane projects have been accepted by Eureka, the European research and development funding and coordination organization, for the award of its approval label.
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Innovation conference part of new Amsterdam water week
Amsterdam’s biennial Aquatech exhibition, the leading water exhibition in Europe, has been subsumed into an International Water Week like those in Stockholm and Singapore.