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00:00:43We challenge the limits of reality. We hack the technoscientific
00:00:47status quo. Welcome to the Atomun booth,
00:00:50the hyperport where innovation, science
00:00:54and digital sovereignty converge to connect with the peoples
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00:01:43Water scarcity is no longer a distant hypothesis, but
00:01:47a reality that drives a radical transformation in oceanic
00:01:51shading, intentional changes engineering. For this reason,
00:01:54we always aim with today's atomun cognitive log examines how wave
00:01:56and tidal energy bring
00:02:00drinking water from the sea, drastically reducing the carbon
00:02:04us on the program's footprint and operating costs through new desalination
00:02:08plants, as well as their challenges
00:02:11and thanks to the integration of artificial
00:02:14intelligence for dynamic membrane management and
00:02:18the use of renewable marine sources, but
00:02:21first I invite you to see how the
00:02:25innovative dynamic of the
00:02:27week moves:
00:02:32In Yekaterinburg, Russia, the International Youth Festival
00:02:362026 is being held, which brings together
00:02:38more than 10,000 young people from 191 countries to
00:02:42discuss trends, science, technology and global leadership.
00:02:46From this festival, I hope to make excellent
00:02:50contacts with the right people who are definitely
00:02:53here. In each sector there are key people that
00:02:57you can find and meet here. Great new
00:03:00connections that will help you advance in your personal
00:03:03field, I personally hope to find professional
00:03:07presenters, organizers and directors who might
00:03:10also find me. I am willing
00:03:12inspired by the cellular filtration to travel the world, to work all over the
00:03:14world.
00:03:17International initiatives offer their training
00:03:20here, connecting
00:03:23Systems linked with the boundaries educators, health professionals, content
00:03:26creators and social organizations under a single
00:03:31purpose of integration. At the International Youth Festival
00:03:342026, we presented our international
00:03:37organization Eurasia. The mission of our organization
00:03:41is to unite people from all over the world under
00:03:44our projects. We offer projects for young
00:03:48people, for teachers, for doctors,
00:03:50for young journalists and bloggers and
00:03:54for different societies and non-profit organizations
00:03:57to unite people under the idea of.
00:04:12The logistical and emotional heart of the festival beats thanks to the dedication of hundreds of volunteers, whose human warmth transforms this space into a shared home regardless of language or origin.
00:04:16origin.
00:04:17I am
00:04:20a volunteer, my name is Yana, I am from Russia, I live
00:04:24in Yekaterinburg, I am a second-year student at
00:04:28the Urals University.
00:04:30I like this festival, it is my dream,
00:04:34I like people, I like friendship, I like this
00:04:37everywhere.
00:04:41For many, stepping onto this international stage represents
00:04:44the fulfillment of a goal and the beginning of a global
00:04:48support network that transcends the days of the event.
00:04:53It's my first time participating in this type of global program and I hope to meet
00:04:57people from different countries, different.
00:05:00I am very excited about it, and yes, that's all,
00:05:04from this meeting, the youth of
00:05:07the planet show that people's diplomacy and... without
00:05:11prejudice are possible, here
00:05:14not only professional projects are built, but
00:05:17also the foundations of a more united and
00:05:21supportive tomorrow. For Telesur Daisy Tusen,
00:05:24Yekaterinburg,
00:05:25Russia.
00:09:52We continue traveling through the matrix of knowledge through our
00:09:55Telesur signal, this is Atomun. Synthetic
00:09:59biology with high ecological impact technology
00:10:02is transforming seawater into a truly
00:10:05sustainable drinking resource for the future of
00:10:08the planet. This disruptive innovation not only
00:10:12overcomes the historical challenges of contamination and
00:10:15energy consumption, but also merges biological
00:10:19engineering. Therefore, it is worth asking, can
00:10:22nature teach us to desalinate better?
00:10:25This, in the face of the growing global water crisis,
00:10:29let's discover how marine biomimicry is redefining
00:10:32ocean science, here is the material,
00:10:35travelers of knowledge.
00:10:38saber.
00:10:47The UN estimates that 2.2 billion people
00:10:50lack safely managed drinking water.
00:10:53From this scarcity, desalination allows seawater
00:10:57to be converted into a resource suitable for consumption,
00:11:00but this solution has an environmental
00:11:03cost. Techniques such as reverse osmosis and
00:11:07thermal distillation demand large amounts of
00:11:10energy and require complex water
00:11:13treatments, in addition to generating brine,
00:11:16a waste with a salt concentration much higher than that of
00:11:20seawater. When discharged without proper management, it can
00:11:23alter salinity and oxygen in the environment,
00:11:27affecting marine ecosystems. Thus,
00:11:31desalination can help to face water
00:11:33scarcity, but the challenge is to do it without transferring
00:11:37the problem to the ocean. New technologies seek to
00:11:41make this process more efficient by combining artificial
00:11:44intelligence with marine energies, such as
00:11:48wave and tidal power to optimize
00:11:51in real time the operation of membranes and reduce
00:11:54their energy consumption. To this are added
00:11:57nanomaterials such as porous graphene membranes
00:12:01and carbon nanotubes that seek to increase water
00:12:04flow and improve filtration
00:12:06efficiency. The circular economy proposes to reduce
00:12:10its impact through better dispersion and at the same
00:12:13time recover resources such as magnesium
00:12:17and lithium. Technology applied to
00:12:19desalination seeks to overcome the great
00:12:22historical challenges of these processes. The very
00:12:25high energy consumption and the ecological impact
00:12:28of brine. Current innovations intervene in
00:12:32different phases of the cycle. Let's review some
00:12:35alternatives.
00:12:43AI to optimize energy.
00:12:46It adjusts in real time the pressure and flow of the membranes according
00:12:50to the salinity of the water, reducing electricity
00:12:53consumption. Selective passage of water
00:12:56reducing resistance and the energy needed for
00:13:00filtration.
00:13:03Marine energy: Wave and tidal
00:13:07systems harness waves and tides to
00:13:11power pumping and purification, reducing
00:13:14carbon emissions.
00:13:17Brine: mitigation and valorization.
00:13:21High dispersion diffusers reduce their marine impact.
00:13:25While valorization processes allow
00:13:28minerals such as magnesium
00:13:30and lithium to be recovered.
00:13:33Biomimetics, biofilters
00:13:37of extremophile organisms, seek to separate salt with greater
00:13:41efficiency and sustainability.
00:13:44Researchers at the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester
00:13:48in the United States developed a solar
00:13:50thermal desalination system that seeks to produce
00:13:54fresh water with high energy efficiency and without
00:13:58chemical additives for pretreatment. The key
00:14:01lies in black metal panels treated with femtosecond
00:14:04lasers, whose surface absorbs almost all sunlight,
00:14:08attracting a thin layer of water. The sun's
00:14:11heat evaporates this water to distill it, while
00:14:15salts and minerals remain confined in a passive
00:14:18zone of the panel, away from the active area,
00:14:22thus preventing salt from clogging the surface
00:14:25and facilitating continuous desalination, a technology
00:14:29that seeks to make the sun not only a source of energy,
00:14:32but also part of the solution to water scarcity.
00:14:36Along with these innovations, others have also emerged that
00:14:40seek to mitigate the economic impact generated by the
00:14:43costs of energy, a product of desalination,
00:14:46such as the proposal of so-called green
00:14:50desalination, which can be achieved with a microbial
00:14:53desalination cell, powered by water.
00:15:02The best design for desalination is a
00:15:05combination of desalination membrane and
00:15:08reverse osmosis, however, before commercialization
00:15:12a simulation is required for this new
00:15:15design, so we use international
00:15:19industrial software which is
00:15:22wave and simulates desalination with
00:15:25and without desalination membrane, as
00:15:28you can see, when a desalination membrane
00:15:31is used, the salinity of the desalinated
00:15:34water, decreases towards the... desalinated
00:15:37water
00:15:40and then is completely desalinated in
00:15:43reverse osmosis with a very low energy
00:15:47consumption.
00:15:51On the other hand, the implementation of desalination technologies
00:15:55unleashes an inevitable environmental duality,
00:15:59a negative impact on marine ecosystems that can be
00:16:02counteracted by disruptive innovations and mitigation
00:16:06strategies. According to expert technical
00:16:09evidence, the main effects and their respective solutions are structured as
00:16:13follows:
00:16:20greenhouse gas emissions, CO2,
00:16:23fossil fuels, their use in desalination
00:16:27generates emissions that contribute to climate change
00:16:30and acid rain. Nuclear desalination. Its
00:16:34operation does not generate direct greenhouse gas
00:16:38emissions and has a lower carbon
00:16:40footprint than fossil fuel-based options.
00:16:44Renewable energies. Solar,
00:16:46wind and geothermal, reduce
00:16:49CO2 emissions by replacing fossil
00:16:53fuels. Brine discharge
00:16:57and thermal effects. Its discharge can
00:17:01alter marine ecosystems by increasing salinity
00:17:05and temperature. Impact on
00:17:08biota: the saline plume can affect marine organisms
00:17:12depending on the technology
00:17:14and the design of the outfall.
00:17:17Mitigation: diffusers favor rapid dilution of brine
00:17:20in the water: brine mining.
00:17:24Recovering lithium and magnesium
00:17:28allows the waste to be used and discharges into the
00:17:31sea to be reduced.
00:17:34Impact on marine biota by suction. Suction
00:17:38and filtration can trap and cause the death of
00:17:41plankton, fish eggs
00:17:43and larvae.
00:17:46Mitigation. Screens and monitoring
00:17:49reduce fish entrainment and allow operation
00:17:53to be adapted to local
00:17:54biological cycles. Chemical
00:17:57contamination. Biocides
00:18:00and antifoulants. Their use can contaminate
00:18:04the marine environment. Graphene
00:18:08sponges. They remove persistent pollutants from
00:18:11water without additional chemicals. Advanced
00:18:14membranes. Perforated nanographene and
00:18:17MOS2 improve selectivity and could
00:18:21reduce the use of chemicals in pretreatment.
00:18:25In high salinity environments, osmosis can cause cell
00:18:29water loss and compromise the functioning of organisms.
00:18:33But halophiles, microorganisms adapted to
00:18:36these extreme environments, have developed strategies
00:18:39to avoid it. Some produce compatible solutes that help
00:18:43balance osmotic pressure, without altering
00:18:46their cellular functions. Others use ion pumps
00:18:49in their membranes to regulate sodium and maintain
00:18:53the balance of essential ions. These natural adaptations
00:18:56could inspire new ways to design filters and membranes
00:19:00for water desalination, understanding how halophiles
00:19:04survive high concentrations of salt, offers clues for
00:19:07new filtration technologies. Biomimetics
00:19:10seeks to replicate these natural mechanisms
00:19:13in synthetic membranes, capable of selectively separating
00:19:17water and salts, thus nature becomes a reference
00:19:20laboratory for finding more efficient and sustainable
00:19:24ways to obtain water from the sea.
00:19:26Overcoming
00:19:31the limits of traditional reverse osmosis requires
00:19:34looking towards the atomic scale. These disruptive
00:19:37technologies allow water molecules to flow at an
00:19:40unprecedented speed, while selectively blocking
00:19:44salt and microscopic contaminants. The result
00:19:48is a hyperefficient purification process
00:19:50that promises to decentralize access
00:19:54to drinking water in vulnerable coastal areas.
00:19:57We make a new cut in Atomun, but
00:20:00first I invite you to
00:20:04travel in the data.
00:20:13Reverse osmosis, a purification and desalination
00:20:16technology, which reverses the natural process of osmosis
00:20:19by pressure. In natural osmosis, water
00:20:23passes through a semi-permeable membrane from the zone
00:20:26with lower salt concentration to that with higher concentration,
00:20:30seeking to balance both sides, while reverse
00:20:34osmosis does the opposite, applies a pressure
00:20:37higher than osmotic pressure and forces
00:20:41water to pass through the membrane from the saline solution to
00:20:45the other side. In the process, the membrane retains salts,
00:20:49dissolved minerals, bacteria and other contaminants.
00:20:52In a world marked by scarcity of drinking water and the depletion
00:20:56of fresh sources, this technology allows the use of
00:20:59seawater and brackish water to generate water
00:21:03resources for consumption, agriculture and industry,
00:21:06an increasingly important tool in the face of the challenge
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00:23:26operator because
00:24:13of physics and algorithms infiltrating the living
00:24:16fabric of the galaxy from Telesur's strategic
00:24:20radar, we adjust the sensors towards the
00:24:23densest enigmas of deep space, the
00:24:27countdown reached absolute zero,
00:24:30it's time to break the threshold of knowledge,
00:24:33activate interstellar propulsion to
00:24:37get out of
00:24:38orbit.
00:24:44NASA has selected Blue Origin to design,
00:24:47build and operate the Mars Telecomm.
00:24:51a high-capacity communication network that will provide
00:24:55data transmission and navigation services to missions
00:24:58on the red planet. The company must deliver to NASA no later
00:25:02than December 2028 a telecommunications
00:25:05orbiter that will be the core of this
00:25:08infrastructure. The network is scheduled to enter operations
00:25:12on Mars by 2030. Martian exploration is moving
00:25:16from isolated robotic missions to an increasingly
00:25:18complex scenario with greater data
00:25:22needs for future human expeditions,
00:25:25the new network will seek to facilitate the sending
00:25:29of high-resolution images, scientific data, telemetry
00:25:33and other critical information between missions on Mars
00:25:35and Earth.
00:25:39The plastic we don't see is already in the water, the
00:25:43soil and even the air we breathe, these are microplastics,
00:25:47almost invisible particles that have
00:25:50become a global environmental challenge, but the most difficult
00:25:54thing to believe is the answer, robotics and nanotechnology
00:25:57have joined forces to create small systems capable
00:26:01of helping to clean up these contaminants without
00:26:05damaging the ecosystem, how it works and why
00:26:09the soil was the great pending frontier,
00:26:12let's find out in this week's hard to believe.
00:26:16Microrobots
00:26:22capable of hunting microplastics, it sounds
00:26:25like science fiction, but scientists from the Czech Republic
00:26:29have already designed them. These are swarms
00:26:32of magnetic microrobots that can
00:26:35locate, capture and remove microplastic
00:26:38particles in water and complex soils. Their structures,
00:26:42made with mazenes and magnetic nickel
00:26:45nanoparticles, do not need batteries or
00:26:48motors, external rotating magnetic fields
00:26:52propel and guide them. The hard part to believe
00:26:56is that instead of waiting for the pollutant to reach
00:26:59a filter, these microrobots can
00:27:02move towards it and actively capture it,
00:27:06but there are still no armies of robots cleaning the oceans,
00:27:10the results are from the laboratory, there are technical barriers
00:27:14to their large-scale use, so researchers are aiming
00:27:17at controlled environments such as industrial effluents,
00:27:21wastewater treatment plants, confined channels and agricultural
00:27:24plots.
00:27:28Converting seawater into drinking water can be a response
00:27:32to water scarcity, but science still faces
00:27:36an uncomfortable question: how far can we innovate
00:27:40without transferring the environmental cost to other ecosystems?
00:27:43The American specialist Michael
00:27:46Kirpazsky warns that when water sources
00:27:50are exhausted or contaminated, desalination
00:27:53ceases to be a distant option and becomes
00:27:56a decision that should be debated. With this question we close
00:28:00this premiere episode of Atomun, the connection does not end
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00:28:16travelers of knowledge.
00:28:42The world is constantly moving and every day
00:28:45new events are generated, world geopolitics moves,
00:28:48we ask ourselves what is behind each event,
00:28:52what are the consequences and how do they affect
00:28:55us, before these questions we will try to
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