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Making Saltwater Drinkable With Graphene 303

Posted by samzenpus from the water-water-everywhere dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Graphene once again proves that it is quite possibly the most miraculous material known to man, this time by making saltwater drinkable. The process was developed by a group of MIT researchers who realized that graphene allowed for the creation of an incredibly precise sieve. Basically, the regular atomic structure of graphene means that you can create holes of any size, for example the size of a single molecule of water. Using this process scientist can desalinate saltwater 1,000 times faster than the Reverse Osmosis technique."

Comment I doubt approval from YouTube is even necessary (Score 4, Interesting) 287

by daitengu (#38383244) Attached to: At Universal's Request, YouTube Yanks News Podcast Over Music Snippet

It's quite likely that large corporations like Universal, Viacom, etc. have access to pull things down from YouTube on copyright claims without Youtube's approval.

I assume Youtube assumed these organizations would use their power responsibly. Perhaps that assumption needs to be revisited.
Japan

Nuclear Crisis Stopped Time In Japan 188

Posted by timothy from the now-ramen-twists-the-other-way dept.
angry tapir writes "The problems at Japan's Fukushima-1 nuclear plant have had an unexpected impact on the country's ability to keep time: a transmitter that sends the national time signal to many thousands of clocks and watches has been forced offline making the timepieces a little less reliable than usual."

Comment Re:Evolution.. (Score 1) 588

by daitengu (#35643764) Attached to: 12-Year-Old Rewrites Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Is it a dead branch? look at this kid. He seems quite able to function in society.  Evolution requires many, MANY 'misses' before it gets a 'hit'.  Take a look at homo sapiens for example, and all the various "missing links" before it.  those species all died out because they were dead branches. 
Apple

Submission + - Apple finds child workers in suppliers

Submitted by Stenchwarrior
Stenchwarrior writes: Apple found more than 91 children working at its suppliers last year, nine times as many as the previous year, according to its annual report on its manufacturers.

The US company has also acknowledged for the first time that 137 workers were poisoned at a Chinese firm making its products and said less than a third of the facilities it audited were complying with its code on working hours.

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