water filtering
How to make a better water filter? Turn it inside out
August 12, 2019
More than 800 million people lack access to clean and safe water. Recent advances in water filtration technology have…
New technique helps engineer water filters, human tissues
August 2, 2019
Scientists at Rutgers University have developed a technique to turn proteins into never-ending patterns that look like flowers, trees or…
Using bacteria to create a water filter that kills bacteria
January 22, 2019
More than one in 10 people in the world lack basic drinking water access, and by 2025, half…
Future Filters
August 21, 2018
The dynamics of water near solid surfaces play a critical role in numerous technologies, including water filtration and…
Buyer beware: Some water-filter pitchers much better at toxin removal
May 18, 2018
Water pitchers designed to rid water of harmful contaminants are not created equal, new research has found. Scientists…
Reducing power plants’ freshwater consumption with Sandia’s new silica filter
October 19, 2017
Power plants draw more freshwater than any other consumer in the United States, accounting for more than 50…
Water utilities’ plans to make water soft no simple feat
October 17, 2017
Danish drinking water is famous for its high quality, but in several parts of the country—not least in…
Filter may be a match for fracking water
September 26, 2017
A new filter produced by Rice University scientists has proven able to remove more than 90 percent of…
Polymer breakthrough could revolutionize water purification
December 29, 2015
We’ve all seen the Febreze air fresheners, which employ a derivative of corn starch to trap invisible air…
Students Create Green Storm Drain Filter
November 3, 2015
A team of students from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering was recently awarded a $15,000…
Drinkable Book That Filters Water And Kills Bacteria
August 19, 2015
In many areas of the world water can contain dangerous levels of bacteria. A researcher from Carnegie Mellon…
Project Uses Crowdsourced Computing to Improve Water Filtration
July 8, 2015
Nearly 800 million people worldwide don’t have access to safe drinking water, and some 2.5 billion people live…
Plugging up leaky graphene
May 8, 2015
For faster, longer-lasting water filters, some scientists are looking to graphene —thin, strong sheets of carbon — to…
New membranes deliver clean water more efficiently
March 24, 2015
Researchers from the Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with CSIRO, have developed…
Nano-scientists develop new kind of portable water purification system
May 8, 2013
Researchers at India’s Institute of Technology Madras have developed a new kind of portable water purification system based…
Teaching An Old Water Canteen New Tricks
March 18, 2013
A system developed by researchers at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, U.S. Department of Defense…
Graphene-based water filtering systems are almost here
October 23, 2012
Water filtration systems do not seem like a very widely-spread thing you could meet in the market, although…
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March 29, 2018 - New USGS Filter Removes Phosphorus from Waste Water
July 26, 2017 - Funding secured to develop next generation membranes
March 19, 2015 - Graphene membrane could lead to better fuel cells, water filters
March 18, 2015 - Holding the salt: improving water filtration, desalination.
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