IBM Makes Water Clean With Smarter, Energy-Efficient Purification
IBM has unveiled a novel membrane technology that stands to alleviate the growing shortage of drinkable water worldwide. Scientists at IBM Research, together with collaborators from Central Glass, the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, and the University of Texas, Austin have created a new membrane that filters out salts as well as potentially harmful toxins in water such as arsenic while using less energy than other forms of water purification. Today, one in five people lacks access to drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, arsenic-contaminated water has been a major health concern worldwide since the 1990s. Arsenic toxicity is cumulative; studies in countries where the population has had long-term exposure to arsenic-contaminated water show that one in 10 people who drink the water may ultimately die from cancers known to be caused by arsenic, including lung, bladder and skin cancer. Membrane filtration is currently one of the most energy efficient techniques for removing salt and improving water quality. But, conventional membranes used today are easily damaged by chlorine, which is commonly added to water to prevent bacterial growth that can cause health problems. Now, the collaborative research team has designed a new concept in membrane materials that combines resistance to chlorine damage and high performance separation behavior in mildly basic conditions, making it suitable for arsenic removal in addition to water desalination …
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Fire, Earth, Water, Air: the possibilities are endless. Just as long as it’s used 4 the sustainability of ALL Life on earth. UN 2050 projections may be off if we don’t curtail our abuses. I think we need 2take a STEP back & reevaluate WHY we have come 2this point? Higher FINES, More&Faster CLEANUPS or total DIVESTING of Co. that don’t Abide in common sense HUMAN/EARTH sustainability -NO HARM practices. If we cant chg that, we’re left w/Bad Corp requiring NANO Techno just 2drink CLEAN H20.
milla and I are trying to clean up hospitals with that, but i need a cyborg or biosint company, i am alone i often feel to be useless and like a dead person, plesae send me one
please send me a “company” for “company” nice robot? imalone if you notice. IBM Machine
i made a nice beta test alone…..im wrecked i cant see every risk on billions of variables ..alone
Worst major multinational corporation video ever made. I can see how much funding they are really putting into this.