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(The Register) Spiffy Nobel winners invent new way to distill alcohol. Science: it works, female members of the family Canidae   (theregister.co.uk) divider line 12
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Big Beef Burrito
2012-01-27 11:21:08 AM
Not one comment?

It's the Internet! The revenuers will never find us behind our wall of anony....hold on, there's someone at my door....
 
Antimatter
2012-01-27 11:25:42 AM
sounds liek a good way to make ultra pure water, which has a lot of uses, really.
 
An Account To Make Comments
2012-01-27 11:31:13 AM
Perhaps a suit could be made using this material that would allow the recovery of water exuded from the body. This could be used on desert planets in the collection of material vital to interstellar travel.
 
Avonmore
2012-01-27 11:44:30 AM
Excuse me for a moment while I readjust my glasses, clear my throat, and point out that this material in no way distills alcohol. It just allows water to evaporate while trapping the alcohol molecules
 
MontanaDave
2012-01-27 12:10:36 PM
DNRTFA because I already knew alcohol works on female Canideans.

/lots of trips to Medicine Hat back in the day
 
PapaChester
2012-01-27 12:37:18 PM
Hmmm...waterless water pipe anyone?

/troublemaker
 
struct [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 01:27:00 PM
This deserves a hero tag.
 
jfarkinB
2012-01-27 01:35:46 PM
I'm stalling a bit on the point where they say it blocks helium while passing water. It's hard for me to picture a molecular monolayer really blocking helium better than a millimeter of glass.

Of course, if it's true, this could revolutionize the party-balloon industry.
 
Current Resident [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 01:47:18 PM
"Neither of us drinks vodka..."

Uh-huh.

And Clinton never inhaled.
 
ChubbyTiger
2012-01-27 04:26:36 PM
Current Resident: "Neither of us drinks vodka..."

Uh-huh.

And Clinton never inhaled.

They're scientists. In my experience, that means that they're more likely Scotch, wine, or beer guys. Notice that they didn't claim to be non-drinkers, just not vodak drinkers.
 
tillerman35
2012-01-27 04:52:32 PM
An Account To Make Comments: Perhaps a suit could be made using this material that would allow the recovery of water exuded from the body. This could be used on desert planets in the collection of material vital to interstellar travel.

Still, there other uses it is well suited for.
 
Current Resident [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 06:24:47 PM
ChubbyTiger: Current Resident: "Neither of us drinks vodka..."

Uh-huh.

And Clinton never inhaled.

They're scientists. In my experience, that means that they're more likely Scotch, wine, or beer guys. Notice that they didn't claim to be non-drinkers, just not vodak drinkers.

Ah. Understood.

But what about Russian scientists?
 
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