Sep 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ("Programmable soft valves for digital and analog control"), robotics researchers, engineers and materials scientists from Rice University and Harvard University showed it is possible to make programmable, nonelectronic circuits that control the...
New type of nanomembrane can slash energy spent refining crude oil into fuel and plastic
Sep 30, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Queen Mary scientists have created a new type of nanomembrane that presents a less energy intensive way to fractionate hydrocarbons from crude oil (Science, "Hydrophobic polyamide nanofilms provide rapid transport for crude oil separation"). The global production of crude oil is currently around 80 million...