012: Clean Drinking Water with pAge and the Drinkable Book by Dr. Dankovich
Verge of Discovery
English - October 12, 2015 12:57 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsScience Technology dna einstein genius nasa biology brain chemistry college electricity energy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 011: Food Testing, Pathogens and Recalls with Andy Moreno
Dr. Theresa Dankovich introduces her field of work with silver nanoparticles and her invention of bactericidal silver nanoparticle paper, pAge. She expands on her latest project of Drinkable Book which includes both a water filter (pAge) and an instruction manual for easy access to clean drinking water. She goes in more detail about the trials that were performed and the efficiency of the paper to filter out unwanted constituents. She concludes the interview by mentioning what it would mean for all of us to have access to clean drinking water and what our ideal future might look like.
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