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Improving Access to Clean Drinking Water
The TriboPump enables energy-efficient water disinfection at the point of use.
Turning Ocean Plastic into Sportswear
Adidas produces shoes using upcycled marine plastic waste and invests in the education of future generations.
IKEA to Use Ocean Plastic in New Products
This autumn IKEA will introduce products made of recycled plastic in stores in Italy and Spain.
The Risk of Microplastics: Plight or Hype?
Microplastics are synonymous with risks to health and the environment, but how much of this concern is actually justified?
Biodegradation of Plastic Waste
Researchers in Germany exploit enzymes to break down and recycle the most widely-used plastic for packaging.
How Fabric Can Separate Oil & Water
Researchers have developed a gas-phase deposition process to obtain either superhydrophobic or superamphiphilic nanocomposite coatings on filtration membranes.
Reusable, 3D Printable Hydrogels for Water Purification
Biopolymer-based 3D printable hydrogel for removing toxic metals from water.
Advanced Antiwetting Materials with Functional Interfaces: Interview with Yuekun Lai
Titanium dioxide nanostructures and bio-inspired intelligent surfaces with special wettability: meet Prof. Yuekun Lai.
Rotibot: A Biohybrid Microrobot for Water Decontamination
The Rotibot decontaminates water using functionalized microbeads (yellow) accumulated around the rotifer mouth (blue).