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  AI-powered Robots Open Up an Underwater World

  An engineering research team is training AI-powered robots to navigate an underwater environment autonomously,...

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  AI May be Monitoring Water Supplies Someday Soon

  AI technology developed by researchers from the University of Waterloo is able to detect...

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  Nanomaterials Plus Nutrient Pollution Means More Algal Blooms

  Recent research tests the effects of multiple contaminants—two kinds of nanomaterials and nutrient pollution—on...

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  Chasing Soft Sea Creatures with Self-folding Origami Robots

  New work with a self-folding origami-inspired robot provides hope for studying sea creatures in-situ,...

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  Steel Chips Promising New Stormwater Treatment for E. Coli Removal

  Trials of steel chips from industrial waste show that they effectively remove E. coli...

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  Soft, 3D-Printable Robot Exploits Temperature Changes in Water to Self-Propel

  Using shape memory polymer strips and tunable, bi-stable joints, a team has created a...

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  Developing Water Quality Criteria for Toxicity of Metals and Metalloids Worldwide

  New research into modeling metal toxicity under varying temperature and salinity conditions can help...

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  Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Models Helps Predict Macroscale Colloid Transport

  Recent work shows how the “decorative” heterogeneity of surfaces at the nanoscale can help...

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  Arkansas Game and Fish Deploys an Underwater Drone

  The Arkansas Game and Fish team is using an underwater drone to monitor an...

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  Chicago River’s Wild Island: Bringing Back Healthy Waters

  Scientists are creating a “wild mile” in the Chicago River, restoring the water quality...

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  Toxic Potential: Oil and Gas Wastewater on Roads

  An obscure rule allowing oil and gas wastewater to be used as road spray...

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  Engineered Polymer Membranes Offer Water Treatment Alternative

  A research team has demonstrated that engineered, self-assembled block polymer membranes enables more efficient,...