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September 11, 2024 5:50 PM   Subscribe

initial attempts with the silk nanofibrils alone didn’t work. The team decided to try adding another material: cellulose, which is abundantly available [mit]

pfas, previously
posted by HearHere (5 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
Wow! This sure sounds like great news!

I love that they were working on something else entirely when they came up with this. (Also, today I learned what water casting is.)

I'll be watching eagerly to see whether this continues to test well and, hopefully, gets tested in the real world soon.

Thanks so much for posting this, HearHere - I am very glad to know about this!
posted by kristi at 6:44 PM on September 11 [3 favorites]


I wonder how soon Brita will be implementing this in their next-generation filters...
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:57 PM on September 11 [2 favorites]


Another PFAS filter, from UBC, which uses a "carbon catalyst" which is prepared with "forestry wood waste ... metal salts".

Link to the paper at nature.
posted by ecco at 9:35 PM on September 11 [3 favorites]


Also this
posted by lipservant at 10:38 PM on September 11 [1 favorite]


> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-05/scientists-invent-pfas-filter-for-battery-technology/104308214
posted by HearHere at 10:47 PM on September 11 [2 favorites]


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