Episode 641
Harnessing sunlight to clean water
Clean water is something that we often take for granted, but making it can be a major technological and energy-intensive process. Now, thanks to a system developed by scientists at York University, Toronto, and MIT, there might be a way to...
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
December 17, 20184m 24s
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Show Notes
Clean water is something that we often take for granted, but making it can be a major technological and energy-intensive process. Now, thanks to a system developed by scientists at York University, Toronto, and MIT, there might be a way to do this much more cheaply in future. Hannah Laeverenz Schlogelhofer spoke with York researcher Thomas Cooper, about this new way of using sunlight to clean up water and produce superheated steam. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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solar energyclean waterdrinking waterthomas coopersolar thermal technology