Rose Shape Inspires Engineering Breakthrough At UT-Austin - Downtown Austin, TX Patch

Rose Shape Inspires Engineering Breakthrough At UT-Austin - Downtown Austin, TX Patch https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/rose-shape-inspires-engineering-breakthrough-ut-austin Rose Shape Inspires Engineering Breakthrough At UT-Austin  Downtown Austin, TX Patch

AUSTIN, Texas — A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But who knew its shape would inspire a revolutionary new way of collecting and purifying water? Taking root at the University of Texas at Austin, that idea has since blossomed. A new device for collection and purification of water has been developed at the school, yielding a dramatic improvements on current methods. To boot: Each flower-like structure costs less than 2 cents to make, and can product produce more than half-a-gallon of water per hour per square meter, university officials added. A team led by associate professor D...