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New Algae-Based Water Filter Removes Even Viruses

Courtney Lepping — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:44:55 +0000

A new filter paper produced by Uppsala University scientists in collaboration with German virologists promises to improve water filtration by removing resistant viruses. Globally, many people lack access to safe drinking water, and being that water-derived infections is a global cause for mortality, microorganisms that are resistant to disinfection must be removed. Although water-derived deaths […]

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Cellulose Nanopaper – Strong, Light and Green Alternative to Metals

Mila Luleva — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 19:25:01 +0000

New paper-like material made of cellulose is much stronger than metal, and could one day replace it. Alternative eco-friendly materials that can replace metals are of high demand. The reasons behind this are many, including polluting mining processes, expensive manufacturing of products made of metals, and of course, the need of making everything lighter yet […]

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Green Alga Digests Cellulose, Improves Bioenergy Production

Mila Luleva — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:01:15 +0000

Research team at Bielefeld University, led by Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse, has discovered a plant, which receives its energy not only via photosynthesis, but also it can extract it from other plants. The ground-breaking findings for the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were published online in the journal Nature. The findings contradict current beliefs that only certain types […]

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Cladophora: The Alga Behind The Thinnest and Most Powerful Organic Battery Yet

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:30:05 +0000

Cladophora is the name of an alga that could be the key to a new revolution in energy storage systems... and not just any storage, but batteries so thin you would have them printed on a paper and charged in about 11 seconds, with net superior capacities above anything that exists on the market.

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How Termites Help Producing Ethanol From Wood

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:49:25 +0000

Michael Scharf, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and his colleague AurÃƒÆ’©lien Tartar describe the way that the enzymes produces by termites and the micro-organisms living inside them, or their "symbionts" could help the scientists produce ethanol from straw or wood by providing some basic chemical processes.

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