If you leave a clear bottle of water in the sunlight, the ultraviolet rays will kill any harmful microbes in that water, making it drinkable … but it has to sit in the sun for at least six hours. A new sunlight-activated powder, however, does the job in a mere one minute.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Stanford University, Water, Purification, Sunlight, Bacteria
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Sunlight-activated powder disinfects water in just 60 seconds
Posted by ArielTechGeek 711 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Sunlight-activated "loofah hydrogel" excels at purifying water
Posted by ArielTechGeek 811 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Although we've seen a number of systems that use sunlight to purify tainted water, their output is often quite limited. A new loofah-inspired hydrogel, however, uses sunlight to treat much more water in one go … enough to meet a person's daily needs.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Princeton University, American Chemical Society, Hydrogels, Water, Purification, Biomimicry
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