The truth trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us withfood, wood and most (important), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we canadd to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.
The discovery (make) by a team(consist) of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) and high school students were seeking a natural water filter—onethat would help communities in developing countries that do not have (accessible)to modern water filter systems.
The (research), led by Professor RohitKarnik, decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid toflow through, while blocking out air bubbles.
They began by cutting 1.5inchwide sectionsof tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related thentested the wood's filtering ability by pouring water containing red dyeparticles of different sizes through. their amazement, they found that itwas effective in trapping all the particles. (encourage), the teamconducted experiment, this time with water that contained bacteria. Sureenough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flowthrough.
