Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation.

Separating crude oil into products such as gasoline, diesel, and heating oil is an energy-intensive process that accounts for ...

From everyday cooking oils to infant formula, many foods we eat rely on carefully controlled processing methods that help extract key ingredients from plants. One of the tools often used in this ...

Seed oils, often blamed for inflammation, are not inherently harmful; their impact depends on processing and diet context, ...

One of the main reasons is the effectiveness of Hexane as an extraction solvent and polymerization agent, together with its evolution in favour of more sustainable uses. The use of SFO in edible ...

One of the main reasons is the effectiveness of Hexane as an extraction solvent and polymerization agent, together with its evolution in favour of more sustainable uses. The use of SFO in edible oil ...

Living emulsions, which incorporate active bacteria into oil–water multiphase systems, represent an innovative integration of microbiology and colloid science. The active role of living species offers ...

Elia Psillakis from the Technical University of Crete, Greece, and winner of this year’s Silver Jubilee Award from the ...

"Computational chemistry enabled us to understand the solubility of metals by investigating the effect of solvents on the thermodynamics ... an efficient and safe method for separating silver.