(PhysOrg.com) -- President Barack Obama's pursuit of energy independence promises to accelerate research and development for alternative energy sources -- solar, wind and geothermal power, biofuels, ...

In nanoscale particle research, precise control and separation have long been a bottleneck in biotechnology. Researchers at the University of Oulu have now developed a new method that improves ...

One of the most important applications of nanoporous thin films is in gas separation, where they are used to selectively filter out different gases from a mixture based on their molecular size, shape, ...

Tangential flow filtration (TFF) has revolutionized biomolecule separation and purification across life science fields, including immunology, protein chemistry and molecular biology. However, ...

Nanomembranes are a type of nanomaterial with ultra-thin structures at the nanometer scale and lateral dimensions that can extend to millimeters or even centimeters. These membranes are strong enough ...

The field of free‐flow electrophoresis (FFE) and microfluidic separation techniques has rapidly evolved, combining traditional electrophoretic principles with cutting‐edge microfabrication to achieve ...

The global food processing industry is increasingly dependent on separation, filtration and purification equipment. Used to help preserve the quality of food and extend shelf life, these elements are ...

Existing Techniques Must Be Revamped in Order to Deliver as Much Product as Possible The biomanufacturing industry as we know it today emerged in the 1980s following the unprecedented early success of ...

One of the hydrogen economy's roadblocks to success is the hydrogen itself. Hydrogen needs to be purified before it can be used as fuel for fuel cells, but current methods are not very clean or ...

A microfluidic approach combines electric slip and viscoelastic forces to sort nanoscale particles, increasing the purity of synthetic beads and cell vesicles. (Nanowerk News) Separating nanosized ...