A recent study published in Advanced Functional Materials presents a new approach to improving both water purification and energy generation. The researchers developed a Janus membrane using advanced ...

The United Nations estimates that 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water, and communities from California to ...

The company aims to bring clean drinking water to one million people by 2035 using low-maintenance solar desalination systems ...

Researchers designed an energy-efficient device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation process driven largely by the sun. Researchers at the University of Waterloo have ...

A new study in Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering explores how domestic electric water heaters can be used as thermal energy storage units when paired with photovoltaic (PV) systems. This ...

A young Indian-American teen, Deepika Kurup, revolutionized water purification with her solar-powered invention. While still in school, she developed a sustainable method using titanium and zinc ...

Heating water is one of the most energy-consuming and costly household tasks. According to the Department of Energy, it makes up roughly 18% of a standard home's monthly energy budget. And if you use ...

Floating solar panels pictured in 2022 in a water reservoir in Le Kram, on the eastern edge of Tunisia’s capital Tunis. Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images New research has found that several countries ...

Mock-up of solar evaporation system (left), connected to temperature and humidity detection system (center), with a brine water injection system (right) and a purified water collection system.