In a new report now published in Science Advances, Zongyao Zhou and a team of scientists in chemical engineering and physical science and engineering at the King Abdullah University of Science and ...

A research team led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a surprising new mechanism that fundamentally alters our ...

Researchers discovered a new ion transport mechanism in nanofiltration membranes, offering key insights for improving lithium recovery from magnesium-rich brines. (Nanowerk News) A research team led ...

A new study published in Nanotechnology journal Nature Publishing Group’s Nature Nanotechnology has found that microscopic boron nitride nanotubes can transport lithium ions at speeds far greater than ...

Some bacterial membrane transporters work almost like freight elevators to transport substances through the cell membrane into the interior of the cell. The transporter itself spans the bacterial ...

A new electrically controlled MXene membrane tunes ion separation on demand, opening doors to more efficient water treatment, drug delivery and rare earth mining. The membranes are made of stacks of ...

The plasma membrane is what isolates the cell’s interior from its surroundings. It is made up of a lipid bilayer and other macromolecules, such as carbohydrates, glycoproteins, and membrane proteins, ...

There are growing market opportunities globally for both incumbent and emerging gas separation membrane materials Polymeric membranes made from materials such as polyimide, polysulfone, and cellulose ...

Empa’s Proton highway project uses neutron crystallography and lattice dynamics to unlock faster proton transport in ceramic ...