Have all the VHEMers left the room yet?
Here's a water story, a new metaphysically engendered material (as Bucky would say)—a nanometer thick membrane of molybdenum disulphide with 'nanopores'. It has less pumping losses than reverse osmosis and doesn't clog up to boot.
Scientists develop ‘nanopores’ that inexpensively filter the salt out of seawater
Just think what this could mean.
Also:
Onion-like layers help this efficient new nanoparticle glow
"A new, onion-like nanoparticle could open new frontiers in biomaging, solar energy harvesting and light-based security techniques." Basically a carefully crafted bead absorbs infra-red light and re-emits it as blue or UV.