Poisonous heavy metals contaminating thousands of sites nationwide threaten to enter the food chain, and there’s been no easy way to remove them. An experimental chemical bath and electroche... Read more
EPFL chemists have developed a new material that can remove heavy metals from water and make it drinkable in seconds. The study is published in ACS Central Science. According to the World He... Read more
Rice shows reusable, carbon nanotube-reinforced filters clean toxins from water Carbon nanotubes immobilized in a tuft of quartz fiber have the power to remove toxic heavy metals from water,... Read more
The nano-velcro technology is far cheaper than conventional heavy metal measurement techniques While progress has been made in reducing the amount of heavy metal pollution, the very nature o... Read more
The technique is scalable and has viable commercial applications Engineers at Brown University have developed a system that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from wat... Read more