Filtering water with nanofibers can reduce some diseases (VIDEO)

Liquidity, an Alameda, California-based startup, has developed a low-cost water filter made from nanofibers that it hopes will reduce water-borne diseases in poor countries.

Naked Filter, a version designed for the developed world, attaches to a plastic water bottle.

Its membrane of electrospun nanofibers allows water to pass through it quickly.

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Source: MIT Technology Review
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