Water Purification By Shaking Out the Nanomaterials (VIDEO)

Michigan Technological University

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Nano implies small -- and that's great for use in medical devices, beauty products and smartphones -- but it's also a problem. All these tiny particles get into our water and are difficult to remove. Now, researchers Yoke Khin Yap and Dongyang Zhang have a novel and very simple way to take the nanomaterials out.

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Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird

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