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- Passive Hydrogel Panel Extracts Drinking Water from Air — Even in DesertsMIT engineers have created a compact, window-sized device that passively extracts clean drinking water from the air — even in places as dry as…
- New fibre-reinforced hydrogel is tougher than metalA hydrogel is a superabsorbent gel made of natural or synthetic polymers. They can absorb up to 99.5 per cent water in volume. Because…
- Algae and hydrogel coated tiles to clean waterAn interdisciplinary team at the Bio-Integrated Design Lab at the Barlett School of Architecture designed leaf-inspired clay tiles that clean water thanks to algae…
- Harvesting fresh water from the sea with hydrogelResearchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found a way to harvest water from the humid air over water surfaces using a water-absorbing…
- Hydrogel structures to cool coral reefsDesigner Sunny Lustov designed cooling underwater structures to safeguard coral reefs from the escalating threat of rising temperatures, made of biocompatible hydrogel. Called NEREID,…
