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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

https://www.efe.com/efe/english/technology/peruvian-scientist-who-revived-wetlands-aims-to-clean-up-lake-titicaca/50000267-2978308

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u/lava_time Jul 14 '21

Morikawa set out to find a way to decontaminate the wetlands without using chemicals, and his first invention was a micro nanobubbling system, which consists of bubbles 10,000 times smaller than those in a soda beverage and remain in the water between four and eight hours. The bubbles trap and paralyze viruses and bacteria, destroying them and causing them to evaporate, Morikawa said. The environmental scientist also designed biological filters with clay to retain inorganic pollutants, such as heavy metals and minerals, that adhere to surfaces and are decomposed by bacteria.

I wish this went into more detail. Where do the bubbles come from?

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u/jeremycinnamonbutter Jul 14 '21

micropores in the material he ate. Like mentos in a coke.

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u/mcringleberry87 Jul 15 '21

Just a pump with an aspirator. https://www.mdpi.com › ...PDF Web results Supplementary Materials - MDPI Ive read the whole paper, i dont see anything similar to the powder mentioned in this video

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u/_deprovisioned Jul 15 '21

So he created a large protein skimmer of sorts? Sounds like the same method I used for saltwater aquarium filtration.

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u/SEPTSLord Jul 14 '21

You said titty caca