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Chemistry World April 13, 2011 Fay Nolan-Neylan	Nanofiltration for better energy storage Scientists in China have found that nanofiltration membranes could enhance the efficiency of vanadium redox flow batteries making them a more viable tool for large-scale energy storage.
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Chemistry World June 24, 2012 David Bradley	First Stable Hydroxide-Conducting Membrane Created A team at Simon Fraser University, has developed a polymer based on benzimidazolium hydroxide that can transport the hydroxyl ion and yet does not degrade quickly as other alkaline-transport membranes have done.
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National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons	Water, Water Everywhere ... That Troops Can't Drink Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with saying that an army marches on its stomach. But an even more important tactical necessity than food is the availability of clean drinking water.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Sally Adee	Water Ship Up Firm gets $250 million to make oceangoing desalination vessels.
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Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.
Fast Company February 2009 Jeff Hull	Water Desalination: The Answer to the World's Thirst? As supplies of fresh water evaporate, the world turns to the sea.
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Inc. November 2008 Adam Bluestein	Blue is the New Green The world is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread shortages is creating a new kind of new economy. Meet 11 entrepreneurs who are ahead of the curve, finding opportunity in the largest emerging market the world has seen in some time.
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins	Not (just) about size Filtration and fractionation are all about different particulate sizes, right? Guess again. Besides drinking water, dairy is the biggest processing application for filtration. Uses for beer, wine and vinegar are growing, as well.
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Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Katie Lian Hui Lim	Switching desalination plants from carbon dioxide source to sink A new process has been proposed to decompose waste desalination brine using solar energy that could allow desalination plants to act as a sink rather than a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and help to neutralize ocean acidity.
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Chemistry World May 10, 2013 Michael Parkin	Super Glue for cells Scientists in Canada have made a super-strong cell membrane adhesive and used it to stick red blood cells together. The polymer, based on the phospholipid head group phosphatidyl choline, could be used to secure cells in particular positions for tissue engineering and wound closure.
Chemistry World April 22, 2012 Steve Tarleton	Membranes for all Introduction to Membrane Science and Technology by Heinrich Strathmann, is aimed at advanced students as well as process and chemical engineers working in industry.
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