Your filter is responsible for removing particulates from your water and providing a home for beneficial bacteria powering your biological filtration. It will take your filter 4-6 weeks to build up ...

Filters that can help purify water quickly are ubiquitous, and you might be wondering if a typical pitcher, tap or whole-home filtration system can help keep salt out of your drinking water. Alas, as ...

A few days ago, Lockheed Martin, of the military-industrial complex, announced that its scientists had come up with a super-thin, super-strong saltwater filter. Exciting stuff! And no, this filter isn ...

A team of Korean researchers have made a membrane that can turn saltwater into freshwater in minutes. The membrane rejected 99.99% of salt over the course of one month of use, providing a promising ...

The process of removing salt water and particulate matter from ocean water to make it potable—desalination—can be tricky, time consuming, require a lot of fancy equipment, and use more energy than ...