Engineers Create Stillsuit That Turns Urine and Sweat Into Drinkable Water; How Can It Preserve and Recycle Moisture From Human Body?

Medicine & Technology May 21, 2024

A team of engineers made a Dune-inspired stillsuit that turns urine and sweat into drinkable water using a Tyvek suit and a computer cooling device. Read to learn more.

Why Does Paper Get Weaker When Wet? Unraveling the Chemistry Behind Its Vulnerability to Moisture

Feb 27, 2024

Discover why paper is more prone to disintegrate when wet by understanding its composition compared to its dry state.

Real-time Monitoring of Atmospheric Rivers Unveils Global Moisture Distribution

Feb 26, 2024

Researchers use satellite temperature data to reveal real-time 3D atmospheric rivers, critical for climate understanding. Continue reading to learn more details.

Solar Paint Offers Endless Clean Hydrogen Fuel Through Harnessing Water Vapor From The Air, Developed By Researchers

Jun 19, 2017

Researchers from two different universities were reported to develop a solar material that produces clean and green hydrogen fuel.

SMAP Launch Promises New View of Earth’s Soil—From Space

Jan 31, 2015

As climate change issues intensify, and many countries face continuing droughts, NASA’s newest mission plans to offer a bit of assistance in confronting a drying Earth. Sent into orbit just this morning, Saturday Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission plans to give researchers and farmers vital information about the moisture of any given soil on the face of the Earth.

SMAP Craft Set to Move to Launch Pad

Jan 27, 2015

NASA has moved the Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft to the launch pad in preparation for a January 29 launch, in its first ever attempt to take scientific measurements of the Earth on a global scale.

NASA To Launch Satellite to Analyze Moisture Content of Earth

Jan 05, 2015

Farmers and scientists will soon be able to analyze the moisture content of the entire Earth thanks to the SMAP, a new satellite set to blast into orbit at the end of this month.