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06/17/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Engineers study self-assembling block polymer membranes as an alternative option for water treatment

As water scarcity spreads across the face of the Earth, researchers are scrambling for ways to convert non-traditional sources into potable water. In a Nano Werk article, engineering researchers from two universities reported that self-assembling block polymer membranes could be used as alternative materials in water filtration. The United Nations warned that about 1.9 billion […]

03/05/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Flint’s lead-contaminated water caused deadly outbreak of respiratory disease that killed 12, says new report

Striking findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and mBio reveal just how deadly the the Flint, Michigan water crisis was. According to the new data, the contamination prompted a Legionnaires’ outbreak in the area which killed 12 people and infected 80 more. Scientists confirmed that from 2014 to 2015, the […]

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