Many drug molecules exist in mirror-image versions. Often, only one form carries out the intended medical mission?and sometimes the other causes side effects. Now, a new high-tech filter might make it ...

The automation of sorting and separating functions at materials recovery facilities (MRFs) has been underway for a number of years now. The trend is by no means abating, with one of the highest-volume ...

Vibrating process equipment has played a major role in recycling and solid waste processing for more than three decades. This includes precise vibratory conveying of materials, plus a number of ...

Ikoma, Japan – Scientists at Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) achieved shape-based separation of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria using a viscoelastic fluid inside microfluidic ...

Flow cytometry offers a powerful way to sort mixtures of cells, but it uses expensive equipment and separates cells based on their size or surface molecules. Now researchers report a simple, ...