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Bacteria Recover Ammonia from Waste Water to Use as Fertilizer

Mila Luleva — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:36:01 +0000

Engineers have found a way to recover ammonia from waste water and turn it into valuable fertilizer using only natural bacteria. One’s nuisance is another one’s treasure, and that is especially true in the case of ammonia. In waste water, ammonia is a harmful pollutant. If it leaks into groundwater, or it is carelessly discharged […]

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NASA Forward Osmosis Bag Transforms Urine Into Drinking Water

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:27:30 +0000

If you ever saw Bear Grylls and his gross pee-drinking desert adventure, then you know you shouldn't drink that liquid (mostly when it's hot like soup and stinks like nothing else on Earth). NASA has nevertheless discovered a solution to this "problem" by inventing a bag that filters anything, from pee to dirty water and transforms it into a drinkable liquid.

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Water Desalination Made Cheaper With Oasys Water's New Technology

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:55:04 +0000

So far, there's been plenty of water in the oceans and seas, but that's salty and undrinkable. Oasys Water, a company specialized in desalination, comes with a solution to the scarcity of water in some regions and also cuts the costs for producing it.

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NASA is Producing Biofuel from Algae Grown in Sewages

Cristi — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:41:12 +0000

NASA has recently been very interested not only in space exploration but as well in the rising energy costs and climate change. NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, has developed a system of growing algae in waste-water for the biofuel production.

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