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Damian Palin: Estrarre minerali dall'acqua di mare
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Il mondo ha bisogno di acqua pulita e, in quantità sempre maggiori, noi la estraiamo dagli oceani, la desalinizziamo, la beviamo. Ma cosa possiamo fare con la salamoia che ci rimane? In questo breve ma curioso intervento, il TED Fellow Damian Palin avanza un'idea: estraiamola per altri minerali di cui abbiamo bisogno, con il prezioso aiuto di batteri che amano sgranocchiare i metalli.
Damian Palin is developing a way to use bacteria to biologically "mine" minerals from water -- specifically, out of the brine left over from the desalinization process. Full bio »
Translated into Italian by Paola Buoso
Reviewed by Elena Montrasio
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