Research: Using AI could save clean water resources.
October 4, 2022
Research: Using AI could save clean water resources.
Scientists have combined AI with algae in a bid to clean wastewater.
Researchers from Mendel University in Brno, the Czech Republic are working on training microalgae to respond to materials like pollutants. They’re teaching the single-celled microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to rid unwanted substances from wastewater.
“Specifically, my project is based on synthetic modification. I want to bind a specific receptor on the surface of the microalgae that would allow the organism to react to selected substances in the water,” explained Denisa Debnárová, a Ph.D. student working on the project.
In the initial phase, she’s looking at the hormonal pollutants in farm wastewater and human settlements, like hormonal contraceptives.