The invisible clean-up crew: Engineering microbial cultures to destroy pollutants
Professor Elizabeth Edwards is leveraging genomics, microbiology and engineering to clean up contaminated industrial sites around the world
Tag: water
Can microwaves make mining more sustainable?
Professor Erin Bobicki (MSE, ChemE) is developing more sustainable ways of extracting valuable minerals from ore, including material previously discarded as waste.
Ancient microbes could offer insight on better mining wastewater strategies
Professor Lesley Warren and her team will use genomics to study the microorganisms that live in mine tailings, with the aim of preventing pollution and remediating contaminated sites.
World Water Day: Prof Rod Tennyson plans 8,000-kilometre water pipeline across Africa
Professor Rod Tennyson (UTIAS) wants to build a pipeline that would stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, providing water for millions of people in Africa's Sahel region.