The limited freshwater sources and the ease of water pollution necessitate efficient treatment systems. Membranes are commonly employed as filters and quality control materials in water treatment ...

A rural town faces yet another summer with taps running dry and reservoirs hitting historic lows. Crops fail, local businesses scale back, and families ration every drop. Clean water is a daily gamble ...

Nanoporous membranes with atomic-scale holes smaller than one-billionth of a meter have powerful potential for decontaminating polluted water, pulling valuable metal ions from the water, or for ...

The big picture: Virginia high school student Mia Heller has built a working water filter that strips out nearly all microplastics from drinking water without using a traditional membrane – and then ...