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  As much as a third of the world’s population does not have access to clean drinking water, according to estimates, and half of the population could live in water-stressed areas for log time. Finding a solution to this problem could save and improve lives for millions of people, and it is a high priority among scientists and engineers around the globe. We today in science and technology news section will see that scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a hydrogel tablet that can rapidly purify contaminated water. One tablet can disinfect a liter of river water and make it suitable for drinking in an hour or less.  This multifunctional hydrogel can make a huge difference in extenuating global water scarcity because it is easy to use, highly efficient and potentially scalable up to mass production and is great science and technology news for way to purify water. The special hydrogels generate hydrogen peroxide to neutralize bacteria at an e...