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As the continuum theories based on the Poisson-Boltzmann and the Navier-Stokes equations account for the various intermolecular interactions in a mean-field fashion, they fail to predict the fluid/ion characteristics accurately. In addition, fluids or electrolytes confined in nanochannels exhibit anomalous behavior, which cannot be explained by the classical theories. Our results also indicate that if the critical channel dimension is larger than ten molecular diameters, then the classical theory can be used to describe fluid/ion characteristics in the central part of the channel, but an atomistic approach is necessary to resolve a few molecular diameters near the channel wall. As a final result, we present embedding multiscale methods which efficiently combine an atomistic model near the channel wall with the classical theory for the central part of the channel. 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Our results also indicate that if the critical channel dimension is larger than ten molecular diameters, then the classical theory can be used to describe fluid/ion characteristics in the central part of the channel, but an atomistic approach is necessary to resolve a few molecular diameters near the channel wall. As a final result, we present embedding multiscale methods which efficiently combine an atomistic model near the channel wall with the classical theory for the central part of the channel. 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