Throughout the densely-populated country of Bangladesh, a lack of access to clean drinking water is responsible for a variety of debilitating and often-lethal infections. Soon, however, residents ...

Scientists have found a way to make clean drinking water using algae. Teams in Bangladesh and Sweden harvested the organism locally and extracted what they call cellulose nano-fibers to create paper ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Nanotechnology could play a large role in efforts to remove toxins from bodies of water after harmful algal blooms. The developer first must figure out how to bring it to scale.

Auburn, N.Y. -- Treatment systems to filter out toxic blue-green algae from drinking water drawn from Owasco Lake have been completed. The systems are part of a $2 million state investment in the ...

Researchers at Brandon University are studying if snails may be nature's water-quality filters by stopping contamination ...

The paper filter has demonstrated excellent virus and bacteria removal capacity both in the lab and in real-life tests. The scientists believe that with further development, the paper filter produced ...

SKANEATELES , N.Y. — A first of its kind algae bloom in Skaneateles Lake is prompting many to pay closer attention to the way they get their water. The Onondaga County Department of Health and ...

Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 19 (ANI): A team of scientists from Uppsala and Dhaka University, has shown that a locally grown and previously unexploited green macro algae species could be used to ...

SILOAM SPRINGS — Cloudy, murky, rank-smelling water. Most Americans would think twice before drinking it, preferring instead $3 water from a plastic bottle. But the people living in remote villages of ...