Desalination breakthrough 2 (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Desalination breakthrough 2

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Paper co-author Kaitlin Brickey, a Penn State graduate student in chemical engineering, stands in front of the scanning electron microscope that allowed researchers to examine how dense pockets in membranes could hinder efficient water filtration efforts.

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Tyler Henderson/Penn State

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