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Turning water into steam... no stove necessary

4/11/2016

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Scientists have created a new extremely black material that can turn water into steam without boiling it. The material is a scaffold with tiny channels known as "nanopores" with gold nanoparticles in it. When the scaffold is filled with water, light will react with the nanoparticles that will excite electrons, creating heat which can boil the water on its own. Not only is this a great development in desalination (turning salt water into freshwater), but also in developing steam as a form of energy. Read more about it here! 

Written by Malia Canaan
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