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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have determined how negatively charged ions squeeze through a carbon nanotube. Determining which of these ions are permeable to the nanotube pore can be critical to many separation processes, including desalination, which turns seawater into fresh water by removing the salt ions.
