UC research just published in the journal, “Nano Letters,” details how   
   solar-powered proteins can be used to filter antibiotics and other harmful   
   compounds from rivers and lakes at a significantly higher rate than present   
   treatment standards.  New    
   research, just published, details how University of Cincinnati researchers   
   have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove   
   harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources – lakes and rivers – at   
   a significantly higher    
   rate than the currently used filtering technology made of activated carbon.   
      
    In the journal “Nano Letters,” Vikram Kapoor, environmental engineering   
   doctoral student, and David Wendell, assistant professor of environmental   
   engineering, report on their development and testing of the new filter made of   
   two bacterial proteins that    
   was able to absorb 64 percent of antibiotics in surface waters vs. about 40   
   percent absorbed by the currently used filtering technology made of activated   
   carbon. One of the more exciting aspects of their filter is the ability to   
   reuse the antibiotics    
   that are captured   
      
   http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=17745   
      
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