News

2019

Newscientist: A super-thin slice of wood can be used to turn saltwater drinkable

Nanowerk News: ‘Wood’ you like some fresh water?

Princeton: New wood membrane provides sustainable alternative for water filtration

NSF News: 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week

WIRED: The Water in Your Toilet Could Fight Climate Change One Day

Princeton: Sunlight pulls hydrogen from wastewater

C&EN News: Turning organic waste into hydrogen

Princeton – Nature Sustainability: Sewers could help clean the atmosphere

Nature Sustainability Community: Can Wastewater Treatment Become Carbon Negative and Revenue Positive?

2018

Princeton – Ren to join andlinger center, examine water-energy nexus

2016

Forbes – Engineers Convert Brewery Wastewater Into Energy Cells For Biobatteries

Climate Central – Sewage Plants Overlooked Source of CO2

Huffington Post – How Tapping The Power Of Beer Could Make A Better Smartphone Battery

Fox News – Colorado engineers use beer waste water to fuel eco-friendly battery

CU News – Turning brewery wastewater into battery power

Colorado Engineer, Waste or Not

2015

CBS News – Microbes could help clean up after fracking

Chemistry World – Energy positive treatment for fracking water

NSF News – CU-Boulder researchers use wastewater treatment to capture CO2, produce energy

WE&T Magazine – Energy-positive Wastewater Treatment Arrives

CCTV – Scientists suggest new ways to clean water, create energy

Water Online – New Tech Offers Low-Energy Oil And Gas Wastewater Management

Science Daily – Researchers use wastewater treatment to capture carbon dioxide, produce energy

Science Daily – New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper

Civil Engineer Magazine (ASCE) – Microbial Capacitive Desalination System Generates Energy While Treating Fracking Wastewater

The Engineer – Wastewater treatment captures CO2 and produces energy

2014

Materials Today – Lightweight, conductive hollow fibers from nature as sustainable electrode materials for microbial energy harvesting

Biotechniques Commentary – Electric Bacteria

Renewable Energy FeaturedNews – Biochar As Electrodes

2012

NPR – Bill Gates Crowns Toilet Innovation At Sanitation Fair

Science Daily – New harvesting approach boosts energy output from bacteria

ABC-7News – Christmas Lights Powered By Poop

2011

Science Daily – Method developed to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater

Scientific American – Technology developed to concurrently produce hydrogen and desalinate water

Water Desalination Report – Bug power desalts water, makes energy

ABC-7News – Zoo Hopes To Turn Poop Into Power