Nearly everyone has encountered the unthinkable: Your smartphone landed in the toilet. Or you forgot to take off your smartwatch…
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Nanotechnology is the use of materials that are one-billionth of a metre (a nanometre) in size. One of its potential…
Water is ubiquitous on Earth – about 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by the stuff. Water is in the…
South Africa is a water-scarce country. In other words, it has an excess of demand over available supply. It also…
The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket…
Water is needed for development, production and consumption, yet we are overusing and polluting an unsubstitutable resource and system. Eight…
In early March 2024 the residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city and the economic capital of the country, were…
In certain areas of South Africa, concerns about water quality have led to a sense of unease among residents. It…
South Africans have a contentious relationship with water. The Western Cape recently endured a very tight time when rainfall didn’t…
Many futuristic novels and films have explored what the world might look like without water. But water scarcity isn’t a…