When cooking oil is extracted from peanuts and sunflower seeds, a waste product known as oilseed meal is left behind. New research shows that proteins harvested from that meal can be used to filter ...

Water filter straws were a breakthrough when LifeStraw released its first commercial model in 2005, enabling people to take a sip from a stream without fear of also consuming bacteria or parasites ...

To build a single filter that could both capture metals and remove salt, my colleagues and I first needed a material that could remove many different contaminants — mostly heavy metals — from water.

Researchers have discovered a revolutionary and cheap way to make filters that can turn water contaminated with heavy metals into safe drinking water in a matter of minutes. UNSW and RMIT researchers ...

Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a new sponge that can remove metals — including toxic heavy metals like lead and critical metals like cobalt — from contaminated water, leaving safe ...

July 27 (UPI) --A new type of water filter is proving remarkably effective at removing heavy metals -- it can remove 99 percent of heavy metal toxins. Perhaps equally impressive, the record-breaking ...

Heavy metal ions can be almost completely removed from water in just a single pass through the filter membrane. "The project is one of the most important things I might have ever done," says Mezzenga, ...

Even if your tap water is treated, there’s a good chance it contains some contaminants and impurities that you’d rather not ingest. “Depending on where you live and your water source, water can ...

Even for those of us who like the way our tap water tastes — shout-out to the beautiful Esopus Creek that feeds New York City’s water supply — filtering your water can have major benefits. The ...