Over the past week, computer experts in Italy, Russia and the US have posted details online on a clutch of vulnerabilities they have found in various SCADA packages used to automate installations as diverse as power stations, water purification plants, oil refineries, food factories, breweries and steel plants.

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One of the Rice University scientists conducted experiments in which flakes of rust were made into nanoparticles by heating them in coconut or olive oil at 350C and could then be used in water purification.

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