Tag: carbon nanotubes
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Fluorine nanostructures can desalinate water 2,400 times faster than carbon nanotubes
Some of Earth’s 3 million cubic miles (13 million cubic km) of salt water. Imagine a cross-section of a strand of hair. That tiny surface — roughly one-millionth of a meter in diameter — is huge compared to the pores in a new type of filter developed by engineers at the University of Tokyo in…
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6 Colorado Kids Making a Difference
Twelve-year-old Gitanjali Rao of Lone Tree. Photo courtesy Eliza Donley Nolte Meet six remarkable Colorado tweens and teens who are making a positive impact in their community. A Push for Safer Water Gitanjali Rao, 12, Lone Tree “I heard about the Flint water crisis, and it was appalling to me,” says 12-year-old Gitanjali Rao (pictured…
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Green water-purification system works without heavy metals or corrosive chemicals
This photo shows a concentrator where samples were placed. Credit: Dan Wang Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Yangzhou University (YZU) in Jiangsu have developed an effective and energy-efficient technique for purifying water by using graphitic carbon nitride sheets. Their prototype, presented February 7…
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11-Year-Old Just Developed New Sensor to Detect Lead in Tap Water
Photograph courtesy of 3M Proving kids are awesome. She was just named “America’s Next Top Scientist.” The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, which revealed the city’s drinking water contained dangerous amounts of lead, has caused many people to be concerned about the quality of tap water across the country. One of those people is 11-year-old…
