March 25 (UPI) --Engineers at MIT have developed a water filter made from cross-sections of tree branches that can filter bacteria from contaminated water. The filter takes advantage of the natural ...

If you've run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there's a simple solution: Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark, and slowly pour lake water through the ...

The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine and ginkgo contain sapwood lined with straw-like conduits known as xylem, which draw water up through a tree's trunk and branches. Xylem conduits are ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. To turn dirty lakewater into drinkable H 2 O, peel away the bark from a nearby tree branch and ...

Sometimes low-tech solutions make the most sense, particularly in developing countries with limited access to affordable technology. It often happens these same countries experience chronic water ...

A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment demonstrates the potential of willow tree roots to act as a bio-refinery that filters wastewater and untreated sewage. It is ...