h-BN/NiS2/NiS nanocatalysts for removing rhodamine B and Cr(VI) in wastewater
The human health is suffering from effluent containing heavy metal ions (such as Cr(VI)) and organic dyes (such as rhodamine B). Among numerous strategies to remove pollutants from water, photocatalysis has attracted extensive attention due to its lo.....»»
New method to find antibiotic-resistant genes shows limits of "snapshot" samples, chlorination
Testing the contents of a simple sample of wastewater can reveal a lot about what it carries, but fails to tell the whole story, according to Rice University engineers......»»
Nvidia kills off GameStream on Shield, points users to Steam
Nvidia is removing support for its GameStream service early next year on its Shield and Shield TV streaming devices......»»
First comprehensive assessment of effectiveness of tertiary treatment processes in removing emerging contaminants
Emerging contaminants (ECs) including pharmaceuticals (PhCs), endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), benzotriazoles (BTRs), benzothiazoles (BTHs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), pose a potential ecological threat when they are discharged into th.....»»
Viewpoint: With historic droughts on the rise, we must reclaim our water
The climate crisis challenges our water supply in many ways, from deadly hurricanes to widespread and severe droughts. To combat water scarcity, neighborhoods and communities must reconsider the design of their wastewater systems......»»
Dietary manipulation may provide protection against toxic substances such as nicotine and chemotherapy, study finds
A Monash University study has found that removing a single, essential, dietary amino acid provides tolerance to chemicals such as nicotine......»»
PAN-based activated carbon fibers for efficient adsorption of nitrate ion contaminants
Nitrate ions released into the water bodies due to human activities can have adverse effects on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Conventional adsorption materials that are used for treating water contamination are incapable of removing nitrate. To.....»»
Space research: Is it feasible to reuse high salinity wastewater as a plant nutrient medium for plant hydroponics?
The water cycle is an important part of the controlled ecological life support system (CELSS). It involves the supply of drinking water and plant irrigation water, and the recycling of urine, sanitary waste water, and air condensate water. Using urin.....»»
How TFIIH uses XPG to located damaged DNA
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a critical DNA repair pathway that plays a key role in maintaining transcription and genome integrity by removing bulky DNA lesions......»»
Apple never considered removing Twitter, says Elon Musk
Elon Musk himself has now said that Apple never intended to remove Twitter from the App Store, after taking a walk around Apple Park with CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday.On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk visited Apple's headquarters in California. The vi.....»»
Accelerating plastic degradation in the environment: Study researches heat resistance of enzymes
Numerous plastics are principally biodegradable, but are only degraded very slowly in the open air, wastewater, or composting plants. Known enzymes with the ability to degrade plastics could solve this problem......»»
Novel mix-charged nanofiltration membrane developed for wastewater treatment
A research group led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel "etching-swelling-planting" strategy following interfacial polymerization (IP) to prepare a mix-charged.....»»
Dry Ice Could Save Your Car. Here"s How
Dry ice can be used as an efficient method for both removing dents and cleaning your car to near-assembly line quality. Here's how it works. Dry ice can be used as a.....»»
EU Council adopts the NIS2 directive
The European Council adopted legislation for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, to further improve the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole. The new directive, cal.....»»
Trend Micro Cloud Sentry empowers teams to identify threats in business-critical cloud infrastructure
Trend Micro has unveiled a new protection deployment model that delivers great value to both security and development teams. Trend Micro identifies threats in minutes and delivers security findings with no performance impact and without removing data.....»»
Facebook is removing controversial information fields from profiles, including political and religions views
Social media consultant Matt Navarra was the first to report on the change, which has since been confirmed by multiple publications including TechCrunch......»»
Turning wastewater into fertilizer is feasible and could make agriculture more sustainable
The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University......»»
Treated wastewater can be more dependable and less toxic than common tap water sources
Recycled wastewater is not only as safe to drink as conventional potable water, it may even be less toxic than many sources of water we already drink daily, Stanford University engineers have discovered......»»
Call of Duty: Warzone rebrands, will remove Rebirth Island ahead of Warzone 2.0
Activision announced that it will rebrand Call of Duty: Warzone as Warzone Caldera, removing Rebirth Island and Fortune's Keep in the process......»»
Samsung mocks Apple with new "On the Fence" ad
Positing that Apple always makes iPhone users wait for useful features, Samsung has a new ad that tells people to come over to its Android phones.Samsung is continuing its long run of mocking Apple for the iPhone 14, for removing power adapters, and.....»»
Elon Musk could bring back Vine, will make users pay for Twitter verification
Musk charged into Twitter HQ late last week with a sink under his arm and his sights set on removing execs, including CEO Parag Agrawal. He's now looking at changes to the service, starting with the verification process......»»