The automation of sorting and separating functions at materials recovery facilities (MRFs) has been underway for a number of years now. The trend is by no means abating, with one of the highest-volume ...

A new MIT microchip system promises to speed up the separation and sorting of biomolecules such as proteins. The work is important because it could help scientists better detect certain molecules, or ...

A new, high-throughput method for sorting cells has been developed, capable of separating 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes. The finding has already proven useful for studying bacterial cells ...

Research at the University of Nevada, Reno to develop an easier, less expensive way to sort microalgae cells for biofuel production will be advanced with the support of a recently awarded National ...

Researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University and Pennsylvania State University have developed a novel technique of separating cells with the use of a gentle sound wave. The technique could ...

The technique may have the ability to sort matter from the scale of macromolecules all the way up to large cells. In addition to the technical advantages of optical sorting and fractionation, the ...