In lab tests, it was found that the pores in a "smart sponge" filter made of the polymer changed in size by 85 percent as the material changed states, allowing for a number of possible applications.

A polymer developed at Central Michigan University could provide a new generation of water filtration technology for the U.S. Department of Defense. It also has the potential to help solve stubborn ...

Anyone who's ever changed an oil or fuel filter will appreciate Fleetguard's new "user-friendly" design the first time he or she picks it up. Unlike the metal-canister filters it will replace, the new ...

PITTSBURGH—In response to the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Pittsburgh engineering professor has developed a technique for separating oil from water via a cotton filter ...

Researchers have found it can significantly boost an existing polymer's ability to selectively remove carbon dioxide out of gas mixtures by first submerging the material in liquid water. An ...

A tube-shaped bijel filter. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science have a new way of making polymer filters out of bijels, or bicontinuous ...

Polymer filters that can remove ‘forever chemicals’ from contaminated water and release them on demand could potentially turn a persistent environmental pollutant into a valuable product stream, ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vault Creation Co., Ltd, a company with unrivalled micro-etching technology, will start funding for Vo Guard, a respiratory protection guard with eco-friendly ...

Porous materials have a wide range of applications due to their capacity to act as filters, or lightweight structural materials that use less material than a solid substance. Researchers including ...