Clean Water, From a Plant-Based Filter
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If you’re an outdoors person, one of the earliest things you learned was probably that in-field water sources can’t always be…
If you’re an outdoors person, one of the earliest things you learned was probably that in-field water sources can’t always be…
Nonflowering trees such as gingko and pine contain sapwood, which is lined with straw-like conduits known as xylem. This is a…
In the first of the PLOS ONE 10th Anniversary Collections, the Staff Editors of the journal have each chosen their favorite…
2014 has been an exciting year for PLOS ONE. We saw the journal reach a milestone, publishing its 100,000th article. PLOS ONE…
Effective devices for providing safe drinking water are urgently needed to reduce the global burden of waterborne disease. A…
You like the idea of “megajournals”–online-only, open access journals that cover many subjects and publish content based only…
One billion people across the world don’t have access to clean drinking water, and waterborne disease kills millions of people…
To Clean Drinking Water, All You Need Is A…
Environment Photo credit: Bacteria (green) trapped over pores (red and blue) in the sapwood after filtration …
Peel off the bark of your nearest pine tree, fasten it to a source of dirty water, and wait for the clean water to come out the…
Imagine the entire city of Los Angeles dying for lack of clean water. Then, imagine it dying again every year with some brand…
In many parts of the world, the presence of harmful bacteria makes it vitally important that water from lakes or rivers be…