Category: Water
BioHaven Wild Floating Islands.
Product derived from recycled materials is a man-made island that is designed to filter water pollution.
Post date: Wednesday, July 19th, 2006.
Oxygen Generation System.
System that uses astronaut urine to generate breathable oxygen.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Nic Lite.
Water that contains nicotine is designed for smokers to drink in places where they aren’t allowed to smoke. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Low-density amorphous ice.
Research on a form of water supports the idea that living cells could survive cryopreservation and be reanimated. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Bracholinskie Lake.
Distillery mishap reportedly dumps enough vodka into a Polish lake to turn its water into 60 proof.
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Pepfactants.
Technology that separates water and oil emulsions will be licensed to help increase current petroleum yields. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
Death trap.
Scientists discover a massive ocean vortex off the West Australian coast that is 200 km wide and one km deep. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 2nd, 2006.
Hydroxycitric acid.
Ingredient in a bottled-water product called Skinny Water that suppresses appetite and helps you lose weight. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Lake Vui.
Volcanic activity has mysteriously changed the color of a South Pacific island lake from blue to bright red. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 30th, 2006.
Supercritical fluid.
Scientists discover a hydrothermal vent in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the water temperature is 407 °C. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 30th, 2006.
SLAM.
Post date: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006.
Aquygen.
Gas mixture of water broken down into an HHO atomic structure can power an automotive engine and return to pure water as a by-product. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006.
Microbial fuel cells.
Scientists discover that the natural process of microbes breaking down wastewater can be converted into usable electricity. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Geological water cycle.
Scientists have discovered that since the beginning of time 10% of all seawater has been subducted into the Earth. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Beijing Weather Modification Office.
China used cloud seeding to induce artificial rainfall over Beijing.
Post date: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006.
K9 Water Co.
Company that sells varieties of bottled water for dogs. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006.
Nanoscale ferroelectricity.
Researchers find that storage systems can be further condensed by using water to stabilize memory bits. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006.
Leidenfrost effect.
Physicists discover that they can make water run uphill. (via)
Post date: Monday, May 1st, 2006.
Pulse electrothermal de-icing.
Technology that uses bursts of electricity to melt ice. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 17th, 2006.
Fossil water.
Libya is sitting on one of the oldest freshwater aquifers in the world.
Post date: Wednesday, April 12th, 2006.
Sea Launch.
Satellite will be launched this month from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Autopia Ampere.
German architect wants to use the process of mineral accretion to build a self-assembling city from the sea. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Water diviner.
Man discovers large underground river using copper divining rods.
Post date: Monday, March 27th, 2006.
Solar purification.
African villages are using the sun to purify drinking water. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 23rd, 2006.
Cenotes.
Undersea sinkholes that line the Yucantan Peninsula contain hundreds of miles of undergound rivers with new life forms and possible cancer cures.
Post date: Monday, March 20th, 2006.
Polyrhachis sokolova.
Scientists discover swimming ants. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 15th, 2006.
Enceladus.
Cassini has discovered potential liquid water on one of Saturn’s moons.
Post date: Thursday, March 9th, 2006.
Lunar power.
Hydro-kinetic energy generated by tidal currents is coming to New York City this summer. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 3rd, 2006.
Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Ocean current that carries 100 times more water than all the world’s rivers combined.
Post date: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006.
Atmospheric Water Generator.
Machine designed to create water from moisture in the atmosphere. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
Liquidation.
Florida town is mysteriously losing 1 to 2 million gallons of water a month.
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Greenhouse effect.
Plant sweat is responsible for rising water levels worldwide.
Post date: Thursday, February 16th, 2006.
World’s worst disaster.
Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, has shrunk by two-thirds in the past 16 years.
Post date: Thursday, February 16th, 2006.
Check, please.
Science fair project finds toilet water in restaurants contain less bacteria than the ice.
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
Aqua AWD-AQ1.
Waterless washing machine that converts air to ozone which oxidizes bacteria from clothing.
Post date: Tuesday, February 7th, 2006.
SeaBed.
Deep sea robot photographs Greek shipwreck from 350 B.C.
Post date: Friday, February 3rd, 2006.
Biobullets.
Poisoned microcapsules have been developed to eradicate the zebra mussel.
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
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