acrb Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:25:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Nano Device Based on AcrB Protein Offers Solar-Powered Water Filtering https://www.greenoptimistic.com/acrb-protein-water-purifying-20130424/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/acrb-protein-water-purifying-20130424/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:25:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36550 A new nano-filter powered by sunlight can clean large bodies of water from antibiotics and carcinogens. The device, developed by the University of Cincinnati, is much more effective than the activated carbon that’s currently being used for this purpose. Two bacterial proteins absorb about 64 percent of the antibiotics in surface water. For a comparison, […]

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