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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

MIT scientists build briefcase-sized machine to turn saltwater into drinking water

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A team of researchers based at MIT has developed a new, portable desalination device that could give people the ability to make saltwater drinkable.

The researchers, led by Dr Jongyoon Han, a professor of electrical engineering, computer science, and biological engineering, began working on a small-scale desalination device as many as ten years ago. Last year, on Boston’s Carson Beach, they realised they’d achieved something significant.

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