Making Saltwater Drinkable With Graphene

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 1, 2012 @03:39AM 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."

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Re:A foul subject. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-01 05:18 · Score: 0, Redundant

I dont dring water, the fishes shits in it. Drink beer!.
Re:Why stop at salt? by Lumpy · 2012-07-01 05:39 · Score: 0, Redundant

This is 100% incorrect. I suggest learning about the filter before making things up.
you can already buy a filter for drinking virus laden pond water safely. This filter will be just as effective as no viruses are small as or smaller than a H2O molecule.
The way these filters work they will not have a mold or bacteria growth problem either, Please actually learn about the subject before commenting.

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