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US Navy aims for more energy-efficient desalination

The US Navy hopes to find a way to make saltwater fresh that uses significantly less energy than current desalination technologies. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the research to help ensure freshwater supplies for forces afloat, Marine Corps expeditionary forces and humanitarian missions ashore. “Saving energy and

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Microbes could provide low-energy desalination

Researchers say they’ve found a way to use microbes to remove salt from water without the high energy input required by standard desalination methods. The team of scientists from the US and China created the system by modifying a microbial fuel cell, a device that uses naturally occurring bacteria