Scientists develop system to filter water using plant sticks

ENN
Mar 18, 2014, 2:21 pm19 pts
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States are working with their counterparts in developing countries to produce an "economical and efficient" means of filtering out bacteria from water using plant xylem that normally transports water and nutrients from the soil. The…

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