Liquid membrane blocks small particles and lets big ones through
A SELF-HEALING liquid membrane has been developed that acts as a reverse filter by blocking small...
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Pulling oil from water
ENGINEERS at Rice University, US, in conjunction with Shell Global Solutions, have developed magn...
Transforming medicines manufacturing
IN a collaboration between Imperial College London, University College London (UCL), and global p...
Big little droplets
RESEARCHERS at MIT have discovered a method that makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their ta...
Green amino acid production incorporates carbon dioxide
L-METHIONINE is an amino acid that is typically produced using toxic hydrogen cyanide. Researcher...
US invests in water treatment research projects
The US Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water resource management, has announced that it wil...
Uranium: Under the sea
LCW Supercritical Technologies and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have taken a mile...
‘Green’ high-tech dye synthesis
RESEARCHERS at TU Wien, Austria, have discovered a novel, highly efficient, ‘green’ method of syn...
Membrane filters out antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater
A TECHNIQUE has been developed combining a photocatalytic membrane and UV light to remove most an...
Picky porous electrodes take out toxins
RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, are developing a novel water treatment technology to selectiv...
Novel smart drying technology
RESEARCHERS at Monash University in Australia, along with academic collaborators in China, France...
New technique for recycling multi-layer packaging
CRISP packets, chocolate wrappers, and blister packets for pills are all extremely difficult to r...
Circular hydraulic jump not caused by gravity
A FLUID mechanics phenomenon commonly seen when tap water hits a sink, and first observed by Leon...
New packaging: cheap and slippery
FANS of fast food know how tricky it is trying to squeeze out the last drops of ketchup from thos...
Lab-on-a-chip moves droplets via sound waves
A LAB-ON-A-CHIP that can allow droplets to ‘surf’ across oil using acoustic waves has been develo...
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