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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <div class="summary_item noback"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/" style="float: left; ">ECOGIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/groasis-waterboxx-helps-trees-get-started/16991/">Groasis Waterboxx lets trees grow up in unfriendly places</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>20:44 November 18, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/groasis-waterboxx-helps-trees-get-started/16991/#comments">29 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/groasis-waterboxx-helps-trees-get-started/16991/picture/124688/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/groasis-waterboxx-helps-trees-get-started/16991/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/waterboxx.jpg" title="The Groasis Waterboxx is a low-tech device that helps saplings grow into trees in inhospit..." alt="The Groasis Waterboxx is a low-tech device that helps saplings grow into trees in inhospit..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>It’s not often that you hear about an invention that was modeled after bird poop, but there’s a first time for everything. In fact, this fecally-inspired device could ultimately be responsible for reforesting billion of acres of parched land, <strong>and</strong> it just won <em>Popular Science</em>’s Best Invention 2010 award. It’s called the Groasis Waterboxx, and it’s a low-tech product that helps seeds or saplings grow into strong trees in eroded, arid and rocky environments. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/groasis-waterboxx-helps-trees-get-started/16991/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/" style="float: left; ">SCIENCE AND EDUCATION</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/much-more-than-water-found-on-the-moon/16713/">Much more than water found on the moon</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>18:03 October 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/much-more-than-water-found-on-the-moon/16713/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/much-more-than-water-found-on-the-moon/16713/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cabeus.jpg" title="View northeast across the north rim of Cabeus crater (Image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State Unive..." alt="View northeast across the north rim of Cabeus crater (Image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State Unive..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>A year ago, the twin impacts of NASA’s LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) spacecraft and a companion rocket stage into the lunar surface revealed the presence of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-lcross-uncovers-water-lunar-surface/13381/" target="_blank">water on the moon</a>. Now new data uncovered by LCROSS and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has revealed that the lunar soil within shadowy craters is rich in useful materials, and that the moon is chemically active and has a water cycle. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/much-more-than-water-found-on-the-moon/16713/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/goodthinking/" style="float: left; ">GOOD THINKING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/nano-filter-kills-bacteria/16667/">Electrified nano filter could mean cheap drinking water</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>04:56 October 17, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/nano-filter-kills-bacteria/16667/#comments">4 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/nano-filter-kills-bacteria/16667/picture/123057/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/nano-filter-kills-bacteria/16667/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nanofilter-4.jpg" title="The filter being treated with silver and CNTs (B,C), and SEM images of the cotton, silver ..." alt="The filter being treated with silver and CNTs (B,C), and SEM images of the cotton, silver ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Yi Cui, an Assistant Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University, has invented quite the water filter. It’s inexpensive, is very resistant to clogging, and uses much less electricity than systems that require the water to be pumped through them. It also <em>kills</em> bacteria, as opposed to just trapping them, which is all that many existing systems do. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/nano-filter-kills-bacteria/16667/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/" style="float: left; ">ECOGIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/hot-reactor-cleans-up-in-china/16654/">HOT reactor cleans up in China</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>17:53 October 14, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/hot-reactor-cleans-up-in-china/16654/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/hotreactor.jpg" title="The HOT reactor (the silver-colored tank left of center) at the Lake Taihu cleanup site in..." alt="The HOT reactor (the silver-colored tank left of center) at the Lake Taihu cleanup site in..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Just under a year ago we reported on a method to clean polluted water and soil by infusing them with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/removing-oil-sheen-from-water/13382/" target="_blank">pressurized ozone gas microbubbles</a>. The process was developed by Andy Hong at the University of Utah and has now moved out of the lab and is being put the test in a demonstration project in eastern China. If all goes to plan the process has the potential to boost a wide range of environmental cleanup efforts around the world. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/hot-reactor-cleans-up-in-china/16654/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/" style="float: left; ">ECOGIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/project-umbrella-solar-evaporators/16627/">Giant mushrooms to greenify downtown LA using sewage</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>19:53 October 11, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/project-umbrella-solar-evaporators/16627/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/project-umbrella-solar-evaporators/16627/picture/122915/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/project-umbrella-solar-evaporators/16627/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/projectumbrella.jpg" title="The mushroom-shaped solar evaporators of the winning Project Umbrella entry" alt="The mushroom-shaped solar evaporators of the winning Project Umbrella entry"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Mushroom-shaped solar evaporators have taken out first place in a competition asking architects, landscape architects, designers, engineers, urban planners, students and environmental professionals to create an innovative urban vision for a several-mile-long development zone on the eastern edge of downtown LA. The Project Umbrella submission features a series of umbrella-like structures designed to clarify black water from city sewage which would then be used to encourage the growth of surrounding trees and plants. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/project-umbrella-solar-evaporators/16627/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/outdoors/" style="float: left; ">OUTDOORS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/the-unbreakable-umbrella/16617/">Dry and dangerous: the Unbreakable Umbrella</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/tannith -cattermole/">Tannith Cattermole</a></p> <p><em>18:33 October 10, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/the-unbreakable-umbrella/16617/picture/122885/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/the-unbreakable-umbrella/16617/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/unbreakableumbrella.jpg" title="The Unbreakable Umbrella is a peculiar mix of genteel elegance and chilling weaponry" alt="The Unbreakable Umbrella is a peculiar mix of genteel elegance and chilling weaponry"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Looking like an unassuming weapon from Oddjob's arsenal, the Unbreakable Umbrella is the weapon of choice for well-heeled bowler-hatted gentlemen cum ninja assassins everywhere. It's also a good buy for anyone who has some cash to splash on a nifty umbrella that not only keeps the rain off but can carve up a watermelon with one well-placed chop. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/the-unbreakable-umbrella/16617/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/" style="float: left; ">ECOGIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-insecticide-in-streams/16508/">Insecticide from GE corn crops found in streams</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>11:50 September 29, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-insecticide-in-streams/16508/#comments">4 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-insecticide-in-streams/16508/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/corninsecticide.jpg" title="The insecticidal protein Cry1Ab has been shown to leach from corn debris into adjacent str..." alt="The insecticidal protein Cry1Ab has been shown to leach from corn debris into adjacent str..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>A new study by Indiana’s University of Notre Dame has revealed that streams across the U.S. Midwest contain insecticides from adjacent fields of genetically engineered corn, even well after harvest. The transgenic maize (GE corn) in question has been engineered to produce the insecticidal protein Cry1Ab. Pollen, leaves and cobs from those plants enter streams bordering on the cornfields, where they are said to release Cry1Ab into the water. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-insecticide-in-streams/16508/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/" style="float: left; ">ECOGIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tea-bag-water-filter/16373/">Stellenbosch University's Hope Project patents 'tea bag' water filter</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/sam-marginson/">Sam Marginson</a></p> <p><em>14:54 September 27, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tea-bag-water-filter/16373/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tea-bag-water-filter/16373/picture/120670/">5 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tea-bag-water-filter/16373/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/teabagwaterfilter.jpg" title="The 'tea bag' in place near the mouth of the special water bottle " alt="The 'tea bag' in place near the mouth of the special water bottle "/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Stellenbosch University's Hope Project has produced a disposable water filter shaped like a tea bag. When placed in the neck of a water bottle, the bag removes all harmful chemicals and microbes. Each bag cleans one liter (1.06 quarts) of water, so a lot will be needed to make any significant impact on water-related health issues globally. However, when compared to competition such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/" target="_blank">LifeStraw</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/go/8026/" target="_blank">LifeSaver</a>, it would seem to be a cost effective solution. The product is currently being tested by the South Africa Bureau of Standards. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tea-bag-water-filter/16373/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/water-purifying-nanofilter/16190/">New high-speed, low-cost water purifying nanofilter developed</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>18:33 August 31, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/water-purifying-nanofilter/16190/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/water-purifying-nanofilter/16190/picture/119817/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/water-purifying-nanofilter/16190/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/waterpurifyingnanofilter.jpg" title="SEM image of the silver nanowires in which the cotton is dipped during the process of cons..." alt="SEM image of the silver nanowires in which the cotton is dipped during the process of cons..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>As their name suggests, most existing water purifying filters clean the water by physically trapping or filtering out bacteria. Stanford researchers have now developed a new kind of water purifying filter that isn’t really a filter at all. Instead of trapping bacteria, the new filter actually lets them pass right through. But, by the time they emerge from the filter they have been killed by an electrical field running through it. Not only is the new filter more than 80,000 times faster than existing filters, it is also low-cost, has no moving parts and uses very little power, which should make it particularly attractive for use in the developing world where it is needed most. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/water-purifying-nanofilter/16190/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/electronics/" style="float: left; ">ELECTRONICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/diy-laser-pointer-microscope-reveals-secret-life-of-water/16146/">Homemade laser microscope reveals water's murky secrets</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/author/paul-ridden/">Paul Ridden</a></p> <p><em>09:19 August 26, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202234554im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/diy-laser-pointer-microscope-reveals-secret-life-of-water/16146/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/diy-laser-pointer-microscope-reveals-secret-life-of-water/16146/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/microlife.jpg" title="A homemade laser microscope has revealed the very lively, secret life of a drop of water" alt="A homemade laser microscope has revealed the very lively, secret life of a drop of water"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Some burning questions have just got to be answered, no matter the substantial costs involved. One such question demanding attention is: can a laser pointer be used to examine the microscopic contents of a drop of water? Happily, the answer is <em>yes</em>, and without the aforementioned prohibitive expense. In this home experiment, a laser pointer was shone through a drop of water collected from the base of a potted plant and the magnified image projected on an opposing wall. Read on to see a video showing a bemused-looking cat watching the resulting light show. <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/diy-laser-pointer-microscope-reveals-secret-life-of-water/16146/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <center class="snap_noshots"> <div class="next_prev"><strong> <span>1</span> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/water/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/water/3/">3</a> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/water/4/">4</a> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/water/5/">5</a> <a href="/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/water/2/">Next </a> » </strong></div> </center> <div class="dotsontop"> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234554/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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