# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd9nICBl524
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71170330-opticaworldwide-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T19:00:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

If you drop coffee on a surface, eventually the water evaporates, and there's a ring left at the outer edge that contains concentrated coffee particles. 

With this principle, researchers created a solar-powered desalination device that removes salts from ocean water and leaves solid salts that contain valuable minerals such as lithium. Read about this solar-powered desalination method - without the drawbacks of traditional desalination. 

More in the link in our bio!

 [Images: J. Adam Fenster, University of Rochester]

#Desalination #InternationalCoffeeDay #Environment

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## Tags

environment, desalination, internationalcoffeeday

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