Tag: Water

Now make pure water from thin air!

Mumbai:In April 2012, at the height of summer, Mumbaikars were shocked to read about the death of a woman in a Thane village who trudged several kilometres to fetch drinking water and died from sunstroke. The incident prompted an IITian to build a device that can convert humidity in the atmosphere into water, right in […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Post Fani, Diarrhoea scare haunts Puri residents

Puri: It seems there is no end to the problems of residents living in and around Puri after cyclone Fani made its landfall in the coastal district on May 3. Many local residents of Brahmagiri, Krushnaprasad, Chandanpur and Satyabadi areas of the district are reeling under diarrhoea outbreak after the extremely severe cyclone. The affected […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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'Computer kidney' suggests drink enough water daily

Toronto: Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a “computer kidney” that can help shed light on impacts of medicines taken by those who don’t drink enough water. The ability of the kidney to maintain water balance is vital to our health. It controls water balance, and when we are dehydrated, it […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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NASA Confirms Water On Sunlit Surface Of Moon For 1st Time

Washington: Water on Moon could be more easily accessible than previously thought as NASA on Monday said it found traces of water on a sunlit surface of the Moon for the first time. The discovery was made using Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Centre. “We […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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