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Scientists in Canada have demonstrated a promising new device that can purify a gallon of water a day, for just a few cents per gallon. Better yet, it’s made of old tires, and can even generate small amounts of electricity.Continue ReadingCategory: Env… Continue reading Solar still made of old tires purifies 15 cups of water per day
Proposed methods of removing toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water have either only trapped the chemicals or broken them down. A new study has demonstrated a method that does both – quickly and cheaply.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags:… Continue reading All-in-one solution captures and destroys ‘forever chemicals’ using light
Proposed methods of removing toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water have either only trapped the chemicals or broken them down. A new study has demonstrated a method that does both – quickly and cheaply.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags:… Continue reading All-in-one solution captures and destroys ‘forever chemicals’ using light
While we’ve seen quite a few filtration systems for making polluted water drinkable, many are quite complex, or utilize costly materials. By contrast, an experimental new setup simply requires users to inject dirty water through a layer of cellulose.Co… Continue reading Simple cellulose filter thoroughly purifies syringe-injected water
While we’ve seen quite a few filtration systems for making polluted water drinkable, many are quite complex, or utilize costly materials. By contrast, an experimental new setup simply requires users to inject dirty water through a layer of cellulose.Co… Continue reading Simple cellulose filter thoroughly purifies syringe-injected water
Loading your lightweight bike down with heavy bottles full of water is a drag, but what else can you do on long rides? Especially if you don’t use a hydration pack? Well, the Extract Water Filter lets you fill your bottle with water that you find along… Continue reading Extract add-on turns Specialized bottles into water-filtering wonders
We often hear of cyanobacteria as being the cause of toxic blue-green algae blooms in lakes and rivers. Soon, however, a 3D-printed material that incorporates the microbes could be used to help purify polluted water – and after the bacteria are finishe… Continue reading Material uses live cyanobacteria to neutralize waterborne pollutants
Estrogen can harm aquatic plants and animals when passed into waterways via human and agricultural waste streams. Researchers have now developed a new way of removing the hormone from water, however, using what’s known as “smart rust.”Continue ReadingC… Continue reading “Hairy” magnetic rust particles used to remove estrogen from water
While “don’t mess with Texas” may have originated as a littering campaign catchphrase, scientists from the southern state have aimed that mantra at waterborne bacteria, creating a powered drinking cup that kills pathogens that cross its energy-efficien… Continue reading This inexpensive cup zaps pathogens to purify poor-quality water
Over the past decade+, we’ve seen many takes on the water filtration bottle, from full-blown modular ecosystems, to UV zapper tops, to French press-snug push filters, to squeezable bottle filters. Each one goes well beyond the typical fridge-stored Bri… Continue reading Defender graphene-filter water bottle purifies at the push of a button