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July 02, 2013

Chemists work to desalt the ocean for drinking water, one nanoliter at a time
Austin TX (SPX) Jul 02, 2013
By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Marburg in Germany have introduced a new method for the desalination of seawater that consumes less energy and is dramatically simpler than conventional techniques. The new method requires so little energy that it can run on a store-bought battery. The process evades the problems confronting current desalination methods by eliminating the need for a membrane an ... read more

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