Separation and extraction of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from biofluid samples is a difficult task due to the samples' short lengths and rarity. In a recent breakthrough, scientists from the Shibaura ...

As beneficial as mining has been to the development of human civilization, the impact it has had on the environment is devastating . Mineral extraction over the centuries has at times contributed to ...

A new “keyhole surgery”-style mining technique could allow metals to be extracted from underground ore bodies without the need for vast physical excavations. The approach, which is based on ...

Electrokinetic remediation harnesses a low‐intensity direct current applied across electrodes inserted into contaminated soil to mobilise and extract charged pollutants. When an electric potential is ...

Scientists from Japan and USA develop a microfluidic device for the purification of tuberculosis genomic DNA fragments from human-plasma samples In the war against cancer, the first step towards ...