Compact reverse osmosis to make potable water

Students working in a lab

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Meet the students who have desiged a cheap and portable desalinating water bottle

Students in the US have designed a desalinating water bottle. Their design is inspired by mangrove trees and the currently hypothetical device would be compact and portable. This article comes with a downloadable summary slide to give 14–16 students a new science context when studying desalination by reverse osmosis.

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