{"id":130608,"date":"2024-05-22T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T04:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/sustainable-water-purification-mit-and-georgia-tech-use-yeast-to-absorb-lead\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T04:57:09","slug":"sustainable-water-purification-mit-and-georgia-tech-use-yeast-to-absorb-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/sustainable-water-purification-mit-and-georgia-tech-use-yeast-to-absorb-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Water Purification: MIT and Georgia Tech Use Yeast to Absorb Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130608\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Beer breweries discard thousands of tons of surplus yeast each year. MIT and Georgia Tech researchers have discovered an innovative way to repurpose this waste: using yeast to absorb lead from contaminated water. The researchers have harnessed biosorption, where yeast cells can quickly absorb trace amounts of lead and other heavy metals from water. They encapsulated the yeast inside hydrogel capsules to create an efficient water filter. The encapsulated yeast can be easily removed from the water after purification, making the process practical and sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in the journal RSC Sustainability, was led by MIT graduate students Devashish Gokhale and Stathatou. Patrick Doyle, MIT\u2019s Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, served as the senior author, with contributions from Christos Athanasiou, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech and former MIT visiting scholar.<\/p>\n<p>This technology embodies circular economy principles, potentially reducing waste and environmental impact while fostering economic opportunities in local communities. It is particularly significant for low-income areas with limited access to clean water and resources for remediation. Looking ahead, the team aims to develop strategies for recycling and replacing used yeast, explore biomass-derived hydrogels, and investigate the yeast\u2019s potential to capture other contaminants, such as PFAS and microplastics. By repurposing brewery waste, these researchers have developed a promising method to purify contaminated water, highlighting the potential of innovative, sustainable solutions in addressing environmental and public health challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.environmentenergyleader.com\/2024\/05\/sustainable-water-purification-mit-and-georgia-tech-use-yeast-to-absorb-lead\/\">Environment Energy Leader<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/4-526\/\">Sustainable Water Purification: MIT and Georgia Tech Use Yeast to Absorb Lead<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,6328,14610,14611],"class_list":["post-130608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-lead","tag-surplus-water","tag-yeast"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}