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Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.
Chemistry World November 12, 2012 Holly Sheahan	Oil loving membranes for oil spill clean-ups Researchers in China have made a new type of membrane that can separate oil from water and could potentially be used in oil spills, such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico.
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Graphene targets water treatment and carbon capture Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated that a membrane based on graphene and graphene oxide makes an effective filter to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen gas.
Chemistry World January 23, 2011 James Urquhart	Novel nanoparticle filter Israeli researchers have created a recyclable membrane based on supramolecular linkages that can be used to filter nanoparticles.
Chemistry World July 6, 2007 Michael Gross	Predicting How Proteins Fold Researchers in Italy and the UK have now developed a computational approach that can simulate the folding of membrane proteins in atomic detail.
Chemistry World March 27, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Membrane Sacs Made in Minutes Strong, flexible, centimetre-sized membrane sacs that could be used to hold cells for study have been developed by chemists in the US.
Chemistry World August 7, 2008	Making Seawater Easier to Swallow Researchers based in the US and Korea have developed a membrane that cuts the costs of filtering salt from seawater.
Chemistry World April 22, 2012 Steve Tarleton	Membranes for all Introduction to Membrane Science and Technology by Heinrich Strathmann, is aimed at advanced students as well as process and chemical engineers working in industry.
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command.
Chemistry World April 13, 2011 Fay Nolan-Neylan	Nanofiltration for better energy storage Scientists in China have found that nanofiltration membranes could enhance the efficiency of vanadium redox flow batteries making them a more viable tool for large-scale energy storage.
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins	Not (just) about size Filtration and fractionation are all about different particulate sizes, right? Guess again. Besides drinking water, dairy is the biggest processing application for filtration. Uses for beer, wine and vinegar are growing, as well.
Chemistry World September 21, 2010 Hayley Birch	Self-pumping membrane mimics cell machinery US researchers have imitated the transport functions of biological membranes by incorporating tiny pumps into synthetic membranes. They say their 'self-pumping' mimics could be used in compartment-less fuel cells.
Chemistry World May 10, 2013 Michael Parkin	Super Glue for cells Scientists in Canada have made a super-strong cell membrane adhesive and used it to stick red blood cells together. The polymer, based on the phospholipid head group phosphatidyl choline, could be used to secure cells in particular positions for tissue engineering and wound closure.
Chemistry World January 26, 2012 David Bradley	Leaky graphene oxide lets water pour through UK researchers have created a graphene-based membrane that allows water through but not helium.
Chemistry World April 19, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Cell factories package drugs for delivery Scientists in Australia and Germany have used living cells as 'factories' to encapsulate particles such as drugs in biological membranes.
Chemistry World February 2, 2014 Emma Stoye	Artificial membrane harvests light like a cell Photosensitive compounds built into an artificial membrane can capture light energy in the same way as proton pumps found in biological cells.
Chemistry World May 19, 2006 Jon Evans	CNTs Provide Pores for Thought Membranes containing pores made of carbon nanotubes could improve the efficiency of processes such as desalination and removing CO 2 from industrial emissions.
Chemistry World July 4, 2014 Andy Extance	Molecular sieve membranes look to greener separations US researchers have made molecular sieving fibers that open up new possibilities for large scale chemical separations that use much less energy than conventional distillation methods.
Chemistry World December 11, 2008 Hayley Birch	Protein threading paves the way for nanomachines A team of Dutch and Italian researchers has discovered how proteins are threaded through pores in cell membranes.
Chemistry World August 22, 2008 Hayley Birch	Drug uptake rule challenged A study by UK scientists apparently contradicts a 100-year-old rule thought to govern the rate at which molecules cross biological membranes.
Bio-IT World April 16, 2004 Robert Frederickson	Trial Separations Protein separation through the digital ProteomeChip microchip takes merely minutes, resulting in significantly increased productivity.
Chemistry World September 14, 2009 Simon Hadlington	New 'on-off' membrane for drug delivery A team led by Daniel Kohane of Harvard Medical School in Boston, US, harnessed the thermosensitive properties of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) to form the basis of the new system.
Chemistry World February 2012	Keeping the tap on James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth.
Chemistry World August 24, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	'Chemical nose' sensor sniffs blood protein profile US scientists have developed a sensor system for profiling the protein content of human blood serum without needing individual receptors for each separate protein.
Chemistry World April 4, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Speeding up wound healing Scientists in China have developed a material that reduces the time required for a skin wound to heal.
Chemistry World October 2, 2012 Fiona McKenzie	Protein sorting within cells US scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles with specific ligands to latch on to and visualize specific proteins in living cells.
Chemistry World October 21, 2013 Helen Bache	Sustainable materials sound good Cellulose fibers covered with magnetic nanoparticles have been used to make ultrathin loudspeakers by researchers in Sweden. The material could provide a cheaper and more sustainable alternative to the polymers traditionally used in speakers.
Food Engineering April 1, 2009	Screening for dollars California Dairies Inc. lowers shipping costs to cheese producers with an ultra-filtration (UF) process that allows just the concentrated milk solids to be transported. And the process provides other benefits, too.
Chemistry World February 3, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Crack-proofing MOF membranes Chinese chemists have developed a way to reinforce metal-organic framework-based membranes to toughen them against cracking.
Chemistry World June 18, 2015 David Bradley	Ultra-thin membranes for solute separation Polymer membranes that are extremely thin, yet strong and stable, could cut the costs of separating organic molecules and reduce energy requirements in the chemical industry.
Chemistry World March 21, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Drinking water from sunlight and seawater A device that can 'push' the salt out of seawater has been developed by US researchers.
Chemistry World October 25, 2007	Elusive Drug Target Finally Seen Scientists have captured an atomic-scale picture of a receptor protein from a family that is the target of thousands of drugs.
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams	Enforcing Order Changing the spatial arrangement of molecules in a cell can alter their functions.
Chemistry World November 6, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists.
Chemistry World August 12, 2011 Manisha Lalloo	Unraveling cell membranes to understand drugs Researchers in Sweden have found a way to create flattened cell membranes, known as supported lipid bilayers, out of real cell structures.
Food Engineering July 30, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins	Engineering R&D: Liquid squeeze play An industry expert discusses the development of reverse osmosis technology, and some of the design, installation and operational mistakes he encounters.
Reactive Reports Issue 51 David Bradley	Protein Crystals Trapped Researchers have developed a new technique for crystallizing proteins, which could open up a whole range of materials to this powerful analytical technique.
Chemistry World June 27, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles allow remote control of cells In an experiment reminiscent of the mind-control rays that featured prominently in B-movies from the 1950s, scientists in the US have used a magnetic field to alter the behavior of an animal.
Chemistry World July 7, 2011 Hayley Birch	Could Life Have Emerged Inside Inorganic Shells? The basic components of cells can operate within the bounds of inorganic membranes made from nanoparticles, a new study shows.
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown.
Chemistry World December 21, 2006 Henry Nicholls	Silent SNPs Serve up a Structural Surprise The sequence of amino acids no longer dictates the structure and function of a protein according to a surprising new paper.
Prepared Foods February 2008 Sharon Book	Article: Protein Ingredients for Health and Texture A variety of soy, dairy and egg proteins are available for the food formulator to obtain the desired texture in a food or beverage.
Chemistry World December 7, 2015 Emma Stephen	Chocolate box batteries The truffle inspired carbon nanoparticles consist of a carbon infused sulfur core and an ion-selective polymer shell
Chemistry World May 4, 2007 Bea Perks	Eastern Blot on the Landscape Molecular biologists in Japan claimed to have investigated the small molecules in ginseng, a key component of traditional Chinese medicine, with something they call an eastern blot - the technique adapted, they say, from the western blot.
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Chemistry World August 27, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Nanoscale microscopy casts light on cellular dynamics Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, US, have fine tuned an off-shoot of their super-resolution microscopy technique to image dynamic processes within the cell membrane for the first time.
Food Engineering November 4, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	Tech Update: The Economics of Filtration A number of factors, economic and sanitary, are prompting food companies to upgrade filter systems and, in some cases, replace other technologies with advanced filtration.
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Nicole Kresge	A Structural Toolbox Natalie Strynadka wants to design a better antibiotic. Her strategy: learn about the molecules bacteria use to invade cells. Her tool: structural biology.