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A high school student from Virginia has designed a water filter that removes nearly 96% of microplastics from drinking water — without using a filter membrane at all.
Mia Heller, from Warrenton, Virginia, got the idea after reading about microplastic and PFAS contamination in local water and watching her mother constantly replace expensive membranes in the family's home filtration system. She wondered whether plastic particles could be pulled out of water a different way.
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A high school student from Virginia has designed a water filter that removes nearly 96% of microplastics from drinking water — without using a filter membrane at all.
Mia Heller, from Warrenton, Virginia, got the idea after reading about microplastic and PFAS contamination in local water and watching her mother constantly replace expensive membranes in the family's home filtration system. She wondered whether plastic particles could be pulled out of water a different way.
Her answer was ferrofluid — an oily liquid packed with tiny magnetic particles. When it is mixed into water, microplastics stick to the oil. A magnet then pulls the ferrofluid, along with the captured plastic, back out of the water. In her tests, the system removed about 96% of microplastics, and roughly 87% of the ferrofluid could be recovered and reused.
Her compact prototype, about the size of a bag of flour, earned a special award at the 2025 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Important context: this is a student prototype tested in the lab, not a product you can buy. It would need more testing for safety, scale and long-term performance before it could be used in homes or treatment plants.
Still, it's a brilliant example of how a curious teenager with a simple idea can take on one of the planet's biggest pollution problems.
#Science #Microplastics #CleanWater #Engineering #YoungInventors See less
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Copied: Another Ghanaian youth, Prince Abdul Malik, reportedly shot dead in Canada, few days after Javits Frimpong and Joseph Owusu were killed, becoming the third Ghanaian youth killed abroad in days. 🇬🇭
The shooting happened shortly before 4:30pm on Saturday, 7 November 2026, near Rathburn Road and The East Mall in Etobicoke, Toronto, police found him with gunshot wounds, he died in hospital, police hunt two suspects in dark clothing, no arrests yet, motive still unknown.… See more
Copied: Another Ghanaian youth, Prince Abdul Malik, reportedly shot dead in Canada, few days after Javits Frimpong and Joseph Owusu were killed, becoming the third Ghanaian youth killed abroad in days. 🇬🇭
The shooting happened shortly before 4:30pm on Saturday, 7 November 2026, near Rathburn Road and The East Mall in Etobicoke, Toronto, police found him with gunshot wounds, he died in hospital, police hunt two suspects in dark clothing, no arrests yet, motive still unknown.
Before him, 15-year-old Javits Badu Nkansah Frimpong was shot dead on 29 October 2026 while walking to school in the Bronx, New York, and 24-year-old Joseph Owusu, organist at Ghana United Methodist Church in the Bronx, was found dead in a duffel bag in Canarsie, Brooklyn on 30 October 2026. See less
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Love is in the air 💍🎶 Ghanaian singer @EFYA_Nokturnal is set to marry Nigerian musician Tomi Thomas.
#TV3GH
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Congratulations to you guys 🎉🎉🎉. May your home be blessed
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Court documents from Amber Heard’s fierce defamation battle with Johnny Depp exposed damning allegations against Jason Momoa.
Heard accused her Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom co-star of arriving on set intoxicated and deliberately masquerading as her ex-husband to torment her.
The explosive claims surfaced via raw therapy notes from Heard’s psychologist, Dr Dawn Hughes, which were weaponised as evidence during the trial.
The notes bluntly stated: “Jason said he wanted me… See more
Court documents from Amber Heard’s fierce defamation battle with Johnny Depp exposed damning allegations against Jason Momoa.
Heard accused her Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom co-star of arriving on set intoxicated and deliberately masquerading as her ex-husband to torment her.
The explosive claims surfaced via raw therapy notes from Heard’s psychologist, Dr Dawn Hughes, which were weaponised as evidence during the trial.
The notes bluntly stated: “Jason said he wanted me fired. Jason drunk — late on set. Dressing like Johnny. Has all the rings too.” Heard insisted Momoa calculated this wardrobe choice as a cruel psychological tactic to destabilise her.
DC fiercely rejected the accusations. A spokesperson slammed the claims, stating Momoa maintained absolute professionalism throughout the production.
Furthermore, a production insider embedded on the 2021 London set completely debunked the narrative.
They clarified that while Momoa enjoys an occasional beer, he never filmed drunk, adding that his look was merely his signature bohemian style—not a Depp imitation. Both camps have refused further comment. See less
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