Medicine - Health
Serious poisoning because of seawater containing oil spills
BP's oil spill beaches now look cleaner, but scientists' research indicates another truth. Corexite combines with oil to form tar (asphalt). This material does not disap…
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Switzerland successfully developed the eel robot to detect domestic pollution
Scientists at the Lausanne Federal University of Technology have successfully developed an eel robot capable of detecting pollution in water.
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How has Singapore used technology to turn wastewater into drinking water?
Having faced similar problems about five decades ago, neighboring Singapore had very smart methods to thoroughly solve the problem of pollution.
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Robot fish detect contaminated water
Scientists have succeeded in inventing a 'fish robot'. This is a robot capable of detecting pollution of water sources, overcoming oil spills at sea, maintaining…
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Use biofilm to clean toxins during oil sludge recycling
Biologists work at the University of Calgary and engineers at the University of Alberta, Canada, as part of a research project to address water pollution (by toxins and…