Successfully operating a siphon in a vacuum, using an exotic ionic liquid that can handle the extreme conditions.
With thanks to Adrian Boatwright and Pete Licence. The paper (not free unfortunately) is at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed2001818
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