Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd, which shareholders recently approved the disposal of its water operations and assets, is keen to dabble in the plantation industry. But the question is whether the ...

Membranes are the simplest method, but are currently imperfect, leaving behind a stubborn mix of oily water or watery oil. Now, Hao-Cheng Yang at Zhejiang University in China and his colleagues ...

Zhejiang University researchers have developed a new membrane-based technology called the Janus Channel of Membranes (JCM).

The meaning of the phrase "oil in water" is highly contextual with reference to both oil and water. Within the oil and gas industry, produced water—that which is brought to the surface of a well mixed ...

Large swathes of the state have been under water for several years after unprecedented flooding, which scientists say has been worsened by climate change. Mr Bojo Leju says the floods are a "disaster" ...

Emulsion is a science term for a combination of two liquids that do not usually mix, such as oil and water. In cooking, you can just mix the liquids together really well through whisking, blending, or ...

An oil and water mixture is pumped into the chamber under a small amount of pressure. The hydrophilic membrane allows water to pass through, while the hydrophobic membrane allows oil to pass through.

As they pump a lab-mixed, surfactant-stabilized, oil-water emulsion into the channel, water quickly passes through the hydrophilic membrane on one side, leaving behind an increasingly oil-rich mix.