Jun 10, 2018 05:18 AM
http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/alan...ean-water/
EXCERPT: After cracking the Enigma code to turn the tide of World War 2 and laying the groundwork for the development of computers, Alan Turing published a paper on biochemistry. Sixty-six years later, the ideas he proposed are being harnessed to fight a modern war against the lack of clean drinking water putting millions of lives at risk.
Turing's paper proposed how two chemicals, one of which triggers a reaction while the other inhibits it, could create complex structures. This process, called morphogenesis, explained the way zebras develop stripes and the way leaves wrap around a stem. Four years ago, the theory was confirmed experimentally for the first time. Although the role of morphogenesis in the development of body shape is still debated, there is evidence it is essential to our formation of fingers and toes.
A team at Zhejiang University, China, applied Turing's work to the production of polymer membranes. In Science, they announce that through this approach they were able to produce a membrane that removes salt from seawater better than existing alternatives....
MORE: http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/alan...ean-water/
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EXCERPT: After cracking the Enigma code to turn the tide of World War 2 and laying the groundwork for the development of computers, Alan Turing published a paper on biochemistry. Sixty-six years later, the ideas he proposed are being harnessed to fight a modern war against the lack of clean drinking water putting millions of lives at risk.
Turing's paper proposed how two chemicals, one of which triggers a reaction while the other inhibits it, could create complex structures. This process, called morphogenesis, explained the way zebras develop stripes and the way leaves wrap around a stem. Four years ago, the theory was confirmed experimentally for the first time. Although the role of morphogenesis in the development of body shape is still debated, there is evidence it is essential to our formation of fingers and toes.
A team at Zhejiang University, China, applied Turing's work to the production of polymer membranes. In Science, they announce that through this approach they were able to produce a membrane that removes salt from seawater better than existing alternatives....
MORE: http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/alan...ean-water/
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IFL Science: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: HIGH
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