Is this the answer to clean drinking water?
An estimated 663 million people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water, yet finding an efficient way to disinfect the vital liquid has proved difficult. However, researchers have designed a new device which could solve this issue, using a resource readily available in most climates. The disinfection device is powered by the sun, and can rapidly kill bacteria to deliver safe drinking water. The device has been designed by researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and [...]