To build a single filter that could both capture metals and remove salt, my colleagues and I first needed a material that could remove many different contaminants — mostly heavy metals — from water.

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In a mind-mending experiment, scientists transformed purified water into metal for a few fleeting seconds, thus allowing the liquid to conduct electricity.

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