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New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution – EurekAlert
Phosphate Elimination and Recovery Lightweight (PEARL) membrane, a porous nanocomposite substrate, selectively sequesters up to 99% of phosphate ions from polluted…
IMAGE: Co-authors Vinayak Dravid and Stephanie Ribet examine their phosphate elimination and recovery substrate
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Credit: Northwestern University
Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes and other waterways has reached dangerous levels, causing algae blooms that starve fish and aquatic plants of oxygen. Meanwhile, farmers worldwide are coming to terms with a dwindling reserve of phosphate fertilizers that feed half the world’s food supply.
Inspired by Chicago’s many nearby bodies of water,…
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