Oil Inhibits As Uptake

Oil Inhibits As Uptake

Oil from leaks and spills is shown to prevent arsenic absorption, leading to increased concentrations in the oceans

Electric Water

Electric Water

Mixing brine and fresh water could become a new way to generate power based on the thermodynamic principle of entropy

Water Off a Duck's Back

Water Off a Duck's Back

Switches between superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilic with pH could have important applications in medical applications.

Metal Affinity

Metal Affinity

Nanoparticle-based sorbents demonstrate excellent affinity for the separation of heavy metals in contaminated water systems

Watery No-Man's Land

Watery No-Man's Land

Water exists in 15 distinct phases, now research shows that at 180 K ice and liquid can coexist after water crystallizes.

Silver and Gold

Silver and Gold

Visible-light catalysis, using silver chloride nanowires decorated with gold nanoparticles, may decompose organic molecules in polluted water

Druggy Parisians

Druggy Parisians

Wastewater analysis in Paris hints at high levels of cocaine abuse in the city but low levels of ecstasy, amphetamines, and opiates.