The old saying is that oil and water don’t mix. But in fact separating oil from water is no easy task.
Research engineers at the University of Utah http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=111209-1 have come up with an inexpensive way to remove oil from on water. It’s accomplished by applying pressurizing and depressurizing cycles of ozone gas in a containment [...]
Entries from November 2009
The Magic Bubble Effect
November 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Efficiency · Energy · On Campus · Water
The Drought Molecule
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Plant researchers have long studied why certain plants survive environmental stresses like drought while others wither and die. Now, with global warming, growing water crises around the world and increased interest in growing plants for biofuels, the question of plant survival is a hot-button issue.
Scientists from the University of California at Riverside made a significant [...]
Tags: Ag-Biotech · Biofuels · On Campus · Water
