Tag: Nanotechnology
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Graphite oxide improves sand filtration fivefold, say researchers
In a discovery which could have implications for desalination pretreatment, a research team divided between Rice University, USA, and Monash University, Australia, has found a way of transforming sand with nanotechnology to make it five better at filtering water.
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NSF certifies NanoH2O’s desalination membrane
NanoH2O Inc has announced that its flagship QuantumFlux thin-film nanocomposite membrane has received NSF Standard 61 Certification attesting to the safety and viability of the company’s modules when used in the production of drinking water.
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ETH puts nanopore and UF technologies out for licence
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich last week invited applications to licence a technology that allows production of thin metallic silver films/coatings (0.5-5 μm thickness) with open nanopores.
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Carbon-nanotube process evolved for membrane distillation desalination
A new architecture for the membrane distillation process which immobilizes carbon nanotubes in the membrane pores has been developed by Professor Somenath Mitra of chairman of the department of chemistry and environmental science of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA.
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Nanotechnology safety research awards in USA and UK
Teams of researchers in the USA and the UK have been awarded a total of $12 million by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to support innovative research on the safety of nanotechnology.
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ZLD wastewater pilot makes first water in Beijing
A pilot NanoClear™ zero-discharge wastewater treatment plant in Beijing has just produced its first water, according to developer Dais Analytic Corporation.
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UK water nano group to be launched at February workshop
The programme has been announced for a UK nanotechnology for water event to be held at University College London (UCL) on 15 February 2011, which will provide an official launch for the EcoNano Focus Group.
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Desalination paper wins student NWRI/SCSC fellowship
A paper on the use of nanostructed polymers in desalination has won a California student a two- year US$ 10,000 fellowship from the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) and the Southern California Salinity Coalition (SCSC).
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Ceramic nanofiltration company gets big investor
ItN Nanovation AG, a start-up company in Saarbrucken, Germany, making nanofiltration ceramic products for the water industry, announced on 9 December 2010 a framework investment agreement with the US investment fund YA Global Master SPV Ltd, part of the Yorkville Group.
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WRF issues four new RFPs
The WateReuse Research Foundation has issued four requests for proposals (RFPs) under its Solicited Research Program and Feasibility Studies Program. Contractors are selected through a competitive process.