New discovery in water sterilisation to benefit the world’s thirstiest regions

On Drive with Adam Shirley

A team of Canberra scientists has discovered a new process for heating bubbles that can sterilise and desalinate water and remove arsenic and lead. The technology developed by retired professors Barry Ninham and Richard Pashley is being patented and could be used to provide clean drinking water to people in natural disasters and third world countries.

Duration: 9min 26sec
Broadcast: Wed 28 Sep 2016, 3:00pm

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