Innovation & Technology
A Wonder Weapon Is Born in the Fight Against Forever Chemicals
A cheap waste-derived material that can capture up to 90% of PFAS where activated carbon keeps failing.
Filtering Microplastics With Ferrofluid?
Starting from a garage lab, a Virginia teenager has got where membrane technology cannot: a self-recycling magnetic filter against microplastics – the only question is what the small print says…
A Natural Coagulant Against Microplastics – Moringa Seeds May Outperform Chemicals
A promising water treatment innovation: Brazilian and British researchers have deployed a tropical plant, known and used for water treatment since antiquity, to filter out microplastics.
Drinking Water From the Sea, Without Brine or Chemicals
The University of Rochester's solar desalination system turns seawater into drinking water without chemical treatment or toxic brine – and can recover valuable minerals, including lithium.
What Is Hydrogen Good For? – Industry, Energy, Transport
For decades, hydrogen has quietly kept heavy industry alive – now, through e-fuels and fuel cells, it is entering transport too.
How Is Hydrogen Made?
Steam methane reforming and coal gasification, then electrolysis in three ways – production methods differ widely in efficiency, CO₂ footprint and price per kilogram.
China's Water Industry Boom, Up Close
Zsolt Eszes, CEO of Water4All, visited IE expo 2026 in Shanghai, China's second-largest water industry trade fair, with his colleagues. We asked him about his experiences.
Nano-Cages Against Forever Chemicals
Australian researchers have developed a reusable adsorbent made of nanoscale molecular cages that removes up to 98% of PFAS pollutants from water – including the hardest-to-treat short-chain variants.
New Water Knowledge Centres in Europe
EIT Water links Europe's innovation ecosystems through nine regional co-location centres (CLCs).