Researchers have created a solar-powered desalination device that eliminates brine discharge, addressing a major environmental problem from conventional plants that contaminate ocean ecosystems. The breakthrough could scale freshwater production while removing a significant barrier to widespread desalination adoption.
Boing Boing · Friday, 5 June 2026
University of Rochester researchers have built a solar-powered desalination device that doesn't leave behind brine — the concentrated saltwater that conventional plants dump back into the ocean, where it raises…
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