Engineers have created a bacteria-filtering membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose. It's highly efficient, long-lasting and environmentally friendly -- and could provide clean water ...

A novel water filter that uses bacteria to kill bacteria works twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes according to its developers at Washington University in St Louis. The ...

Water filters on the market today can't always stop bacteria from passing through. The problem is a structural one. It's hard to get the pore sizes to align properly, leaving room for the pathogens to ...

A low-cost water purification membrane capable of filtering out objects greater than one micron size and also killing E. coli bacteria has been developed by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of ...