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 ...

Oil spills and industrial pollution pose a huge threat to the ecological environment. Concerns over safety have seen an increased focus on improving the filtration of oily wastewater; for example, ...

The paper filter has demonstrated excellent virus and bacteria removal capacity both in the lab and in real-life tests. The scientists believe that with further development, the paper filter produced ...

MIT researchers have once again created a breakthrough in controlling water pollutants. A novel material for water filtration has been developed by the researchers using cellulose and silk. This ...

Membranes are used in a wide variety of industries for removing undesirable materials from different media. Among them, those that depend on separation based on the size of materials to be removed, ...