Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water

[OrbitalDawn]

A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater.

The sought-after development could aid the millions of people without ready access to clean drinking water.
The promising graphene oxide sieve could be highly efficient at filtering salts, and will now be tested against existing desalination membranes.

It has previously been difficult to manufacture graphene-based barriers on an industrial scale.

Reporting their results in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, scientists from the University of Manchester, led by Dr Rahul Nair, shows how they solved some of the challenges by using a chemical derivative called graphene oxide.

Isolated and characterised by a University of Manchester-led team in 2004, graphene comprises a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. Its unusual properties, such as extraordinary tensile strength and electrical conductivity, have earmarked it as one of the most promising materials for future applications.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water

BS clickbait headline. ( not by MyBB for a change, but by the BBC)

When you read the article in detail, it becomes clear, that this is merely the beginning of the process of scientific development of this technology.

The headline infers going to the beach, taking a bucket of sea water, pouring it through a sieve and drinking it....

 

[stricken]

It's all click bait man. All of it. The entire Internet. That's how you get eyeballs. Clicky clicky.