Making Saltwater Drinkable With Graphene

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."

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Re:Why stop at salt?

[BronsCon]

I've noticed, and so have my black friends, that there are at least two classes of black person, just like there are various classes of every other race. One class prefers to be around other blacks because, more or less, "fuck everyone else"; the other prefers to be around anyone who's not in the other class, or any similar class of another race. It's not a race thing, it's a personality thing (though those personality types are tendent toward outward racism), and it happens in all races. There are whites who only want to be around whites, blacks who only want to be around blacks, asians who only want to be around asians (and even there, you see segregation based on country of origin), mexicans who only want to be around mexicans, native americans are perhaps worst of all in this regard simply due to how tribal culture raises them. There are also people belonging to each of these races who don't mind the company of other races, so long as they're able to avoid the "only with my own kind" types.

For the record, I get called out as a racist quite frequently. It's amazing how quickly those people back down when one of my black, mexican, puerto-rican, or japanese friends stands up.