desalination

Graphene used to filter sea water into drinking water

Posted in Science on 29th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Graphene has proven itself as a wonder material with a vast range of unique properties:

Selective nanopores in graphene dramatically improve desalination and purification

Posted in Science on 2nd Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

subnanoscale pores in a sheet of graphene could lead to ultrathin filters for improved desalination or water purification.

MIT looks at the world's water needs

Posted in Featured, Science on 27th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

Desalination costs are still high, and not everyone lives near a seacoast, so getting the water where its needed, when its needed, can be prohibitively expensive.