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Flint water crisis: How AI is finding thousands of hazardous pipes

22 August 2018

Artificial intelligence is helping to find the thousands of lead pipes responsible for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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Nanofibre net draws drinking water from the air for drought-hit people

21 August 2018

A new material made from nanofibres can capture hundreds of litres of drinking water from the air and could help drought-hit communities

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