https://www.afinalwarning.com/512607.html (Natural News) Regular access to fresh water is a luxury for more than 1.5 billion people who live in arid locations. On the other hand, sunshine is abundant in these places that lack fresh water. With this in mind, a team of researchers are developing a device that creates fresh water using the power of the sun. The team’s new device can produce water sufficient for a family of four every day.
To make this possible, researchers at the
University of South Australia (UniSA) fine-tuned existing solar evaporator technology to make the process highly efficient. The resulting tweaks enabled the production of fresh drinking water for a day – enough for a family of four – from a square meter of either seawater or contaminated water.
Canberra [Australia], April 25 (ANI): An increasing number of young women are at higher risk of having children born with impaired neurological conditions due to poor iodine intake, according to a study led by researchers at the University of South Australia.
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Poor iodine levels in women pose risks to fetal intellectual development in pregnancy
A growing number of young Australian women are at increased risk of having children born with impaired neurological conditions, due to poor iodine intake.
Dietary changes, including a growing trend towards the avoidance of bread and iodised salt, as well as a reduced intake of animal products containing iodine can contribute to low iodine levels.
A small pilot study undertaken by the University of South Australia (UniSA) comparing iodine levels between 31 vegan/plant-based participants and 26 omnivores has flagged the potential health risk.
Urine samples showed iodine readings of 44 ug/L in the plant-based group, compared to the meat eaters’ 64 ug/L level. Neither group came close to the World Health Organization’s recommended 100 grams per litre.
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2021-04-16 06:35:59 GMT2021-04-16 14:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, April 16 (Xinhua) A research team from the University of South Australia (UniSA) on Friday announced that it has created a cheap and sustainable device to deliver drinking water to billions of people.
Haolan Xu, the leader of the team, said that the device - a photothermal structure - derives fresh water from seawater, brackish water or contaminated water through highly efficient solar evaporation.
He said it was capable of deriving enough drinking water for a family of four for one day from one square meter of source water. In recent years, there has been a lot of attention on using solar evaporation to create fresh drinking water, but previous techniques have been too inefficient to be practically useful, Xu said in a media release.