Desalination Microchannel Video (VIDEO) University of Texas at Austin This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption The salt (which is tagged with a fluorescent tracer) flows into the upper channel after a voltage is applied by an electrode (the dark rectangle) jutting into the channel at just the point where it branches. The process can run on a store-bought battery. The voice is Kyle Knust, a graduate student in the lab of Richard Crooks, professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. Credit College of Natural Sciences at UT - Austin Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.