{
  "id": 14132844,
  "title": "HBKU’s PlasmaPure reaches XPRIZE Water Scarcity semifinals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hbkus-plasmapure-reaches-xprize-water-scarcity-semifinals",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T05:28:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/13/10/2026/hbkus-plasmapure-reaches-xprize-water-scarcity-semifinals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The PlasmaPure team at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) has advanced to the Semifinals of XPRIZE Water Scarcity in both Track A: Desalination – System-Level Innovation and Track B: Desalination – Novel Materials and Methods. It is one of only three teams worldwide and the only team from the Gulf region to reach this…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}