The scientists then tested the foam on samples from four real-world water sources to see how the material coped with water containing microorganisms and pollutants. In the first test cycles, the foam ...

Two UTSA professors are working on a new light-activated material that can do the work of a water treatment plant. Heather Shipley, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and ...

Chinese scientists have developed a foam that can remove up to 99.8 per cent of microplastics in water, offering a cost ... used as adsorbents – a type of material that can collect another ...

Plastic is a huge concern for the environment. When consumer products and industrial waste break down, the environment ...