Ionic liquids have emerged as versatile and sustainable solvents in the arena of liquid–liquid extraction and separation processes. Their unique properties—such as negligible vapour pressure, high ...

Researchers have developed a new method to prepare bone powder for ancient DNA extraction. The method outperformed previous techniques of decontaminating ancient bones. Researchers from Max Planck ...

Running samples on any chromatography instrument involves sample preparation as a fundamental process. For even the highest quality instruments, sample clean-up is crucial in obtaining the best ...

Take a look behind the scenes of a recent Reports article, entitled: ‘Rapid extraction of DNA suitable for NGS workflows from bacterial cultures using the PDQeX’, as we ask authors about PDQeX, a new ...

Lithium, essential for electric vehicle batteries, is currently extracted using costly and polluting methods. A team of researchers proposes an electrochemical alternative, cleaner and more efficient, ...

Blood separation is the dividing of whole blood into its various components. Whole blood is often isolated for therapeutic and diagnostic reasons, including research. For this to be achieved, ...