A new study in ACS Food Science & Technology found that brewing tea can remove heavy metals from drinking water. Finely ground tea steeped for a long time—like overnight—was found to remove the most ...

Scientists have created a membrane made from a waste by-product of vegetable oil manufacturing, which can filter out heavy metals from contaminated water. In tests, they showed that this process of ...

Engineers have developed a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to remove heavy metals, including copper and zinc, from biosolids. The team's work advances other methods for heavy-metal ...

A new battery system removes toxic metals from wastewater and generates electricity in the process, offering a low-cost, power-positive alternative to conventional treatment. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

A new study found that tea leaves naturally absorb heavy metals, filtering dangerous contaminants from drinking water Getty Brewing tea can remove a significant amount of toxic heavy metals from ...

Tea leaves can remove heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and chromium from water. And steeping time has the biggest impact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Harmful metals like lead and cadmium naturally stick to tea leaves during brewing, effectively removing them from water. The ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. KONG Lingtao at the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a new Metal–Organic ...

Simon Spichak finished his MSc at University College Cork, where he studied the interactions between the microbes in the gut and the brain. He became interested in science communication during his ...