The technology would enable communities to produce their own water filters using biomass nanofibers.

The world's population is projected to increase by 2-3 billion over the next 40 years. Already, more than three quarters of a billion people lack access to clean drinking water and 85 percent live in the driest areas of the planet. Those statistics are inspiring chemist Ben Hsiao and his team at ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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