NO problem is of greater importance in modern physical chemistry than the determination of the true nature of osmosis and of osmotic pressure. Although for some considerable period this problem has to ...

A new study conducted at MIT has examined the potential of pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO), a technique that generates electricity from the difference in salinity between two pools of water separated ...

New research into osmosis-driven behavior now provides a more granular theoretical understanding of the deterministic mechanisms, report scientists in two new papers. The first paper deconstructs the ...

A persistent problem as science continues to grow is the difficulty with which knowledge can percolate from one field to another. This problem, which I discuss in my book The Half-Life of Facts, can ...

The principle of harnessing osmosis has the potential to produce enormous amounts of energy anywhere that salt water and fresh water meet. We looked at some of the approaches to turning this theory ...

One of the world’s first osmotic power plants started operation at Tofte on the Oslo fjord in Norway last November, producing 2 kW to 4 kW after more than a decade of collaborative research and ...

George tries to make electricity using dialysis tubing, toilet parts, and a baby turbine. When seawater and freshwater mix, a surprising amount of energy is released. Norway tried to capture this ...

IN the issue of NATURE for May 3 (p. 19) appeared an abstract of a recent paper by Prof. Kahlenberg on “Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure.” In Prof. Kahlenberg's paper, and also in the abstract, it is ...