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A Wonder Weapon Is Born in the Fight Against Forever Chemicals
A cheap waste-derived material that can capture up to 90% of PFAS where activated carbon keeps failing.
Filtering Microplastics With Ferrofluid?
Starting from a garage lab, a Virginia teenager has got where membrane technology cannot: a self-recycling magnetic filter against microplastics – the only question is what the small print says…
Drinking Water From the Sea, Without Brine or Chemicals
The University of Rochester's solar desalination system turns seawater into drinking water without chemical treatment or toxic brine – and can recover valuable minerals, including lithium.
Nano-Cages Against Forever Chemicals
Australian researchers have developed a reusable adsorbent made of nanoscale molecular cages that removes up to 98% of PFAS pollutants from water – including the hardest-to-treat short-chain variants.