Our Favorite Posts of 2011

In the spirit of reflection we wanted to take a look at some of our favorite posts from 2011 that you may have missed, or may want to revisit for the sake of nostalgia. It’s been an amazing year for us, and we hope everyone out there has made the most of it as well! Here’s wishing you all a Happy New Year!

• Performance Improvement of Cross-flow Filtration for High Level Waste Treatment (Feb. 2011) - Tips on improving your filtration setup from the Department of Energy and Savannah River National Laboratory.
• Bean to Bar at Theo Chocolates (Mar. 2011) - Our own Kristina Shahbazian went on a tour of the only bean-to-bar, organic, fair trade chocolate factory in the USA, located right here in Seattle.
• Legionella Sampling Just Got a Whole Lot Sexier (Apr. 2011) - How the Centers for Disease Control utilized filtration sampling and social media Epidemiology to track an outbreak of legionella bacterium at Playboy mansion's infamous grotto.
• Deadliest Carch: Man-Made Pollution (Jun. 2011) - A collective of Scandinavian marine researchers created some new sampling techniques in order to perform analysis while out at sea.
• Silver Membrane Filters Play a Part in Antimatter Trapping (Jun. 2011) - A look at one of the more cutting-edge applications for our silver membrane filters - collecting antimatter in Physics research!
• Super Sand (Jul 2011) - Researchers are combining sand with a graphite oxide to create a super-efficient water filter.
• Wastewater Mistreatment (Aug. 2011) - The story of how one Canadian company's environmental mishaps led to fines and imprisonment.
• The T-SAR Approach to Study Nanofiltration Membranes (Sep. 2011) - German scientists are applying the T-SAR methodology to predict NF membrane performance.
• EPA to Create Standards for Natural Gas Wastewater (Oct. 2011) - Detailing new EPA standards being imposed on the water used in and resulting from hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
• NIH Issues $10,000 Challenge to Biomedical Engineering Students (Nov. 2011) - The National Institutes of Health created the DEBUT challenge to encourage students to develop new medical devices and technology.
• Crystalline Silica Exposure in Wisconsin (Dec. 2011) - The state of Wisconsin is considering tougher standards on the amount of carcinogenic dust it will subject its miners and industrial workers to.