Liquid-gated membrane filtration system improves industrial wastewater purification and saves energy Filtering and treating water, both for human consumption and to clean industria... Read more
Manta rays strain their tiny food from mouthfuls of seawater in a novel way that could hold the key to better filtration in a variety of commercial applications, new research by Or... Read more
BME/ChemE’s Bob Tilton and Todd Przybycien have refined the requirements of a process that turns easily accessible sand and plant materials into a cheap and effective water filtrat... Read more
The system consists of tanks of fibre membranes that catch and hold contaminants—dirt, organic particles, bacteria and viruses—while letting water filter through. A community of be... Read more
Lab’s Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) produces first-of-its-kind blueprint for sustainable global development Since the polio vaccine was introduced in t... Read more
It allows for an unprecedented flow rate of at least ten times faster than current water filtration membranes A young startup at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has develope... Read more
Filters it and indicates whether or not it is safe to drink The lives of thousands of people in developing countries could be saved by a water filtration system designed by a North... Read more
Yi Cui, an Assistant Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University, has invented quite the water filter. It’s inexpensive, is very resistant to clogging, and... Read more
