Accelerated solvent extraction is a high-temperature, high-pressure extraction technique that is widely used for sample extractions in the environmental, chemical and food analysis industries.
Used in processed foods and cosmetics, the red pigments in Capsicum (chile pepper) are important sources of non-toxic red dyes. The common method for extracting pigments from dried Capsicum uses ...
"Hypersaline brine" is industrial waste-water with salt levels that exceed even that of seawater. It's a big, expensive, destructive problem which a team of engineers at Columbia University in New ...