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Tiong Aw, assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, analyzes water samples for viruses using a portable DNA sequencer. (Image courtesy of Tulane University)
Around 34 billion gallons of water go down the drain every day. Could some of it be recycled into drinking water in areas where water is becoming increasingly scarce?
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a Tulane University microbiologist a $1.24 million grant to...