Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Vastly more sustainable, cost-effective method to desalinate industrial wastewater
Engineers are developing a cutting-edge process that can reduce energy consumption and cost of water desalination.
Environmental pollutant in drinking water is more dangerous than previously understood
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that perchlorate, an environmental pollutant found in many sources of drinking water in the U.S., inhibits the uptake of iodide, an essential component of thyroid hormones, in a more pronounced and fundamental way than commonly considered. This discovery was published May 25 in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology just as the […]
Stalagmite holds key to predicting droughts, floods for India
A team of Vanderbilt University earth scientists returned to an unusual cave in India to unlock secrets about climate change that could have far-reaching implications. By studying the last 50 years of growth of a stalagmite from Mawmluh Cave in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, an area that experiences so much summer monsoon rainfall that it is […]