Researchers at Argonne National Lab have developed a 'sponge' that can absorb up to 90 times its weight in oil and can be reused up to 100 times. The researchers hope their tech can be used to clean ...

It has been eight years since the crude oil spill in the Mexico Gulf, but the shadow of aquatic petroleum contamination has never been far away. To battle this hard-to-clean-up environmental mess, ...

Last week we looked at the development of “hydrate-phobic” surfaces that could assist in the containment of oil leaks in deep water. Now, by adding boron to carbon while growing nanotubes, researchers ...

Researchers drawn from Australia’s Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Philadelphia’s Drexel University, and the Missouri University of Science and Technology have created a revolutionary ...

A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has just been developed, with help from computational simulations. A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in ...

Removing oil spills from bodies of water is a difficult business, with various approaches having met with mixed results over the years. Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Forestry believe they may ...

In response to oil spills on water, cleanup crews often turn to sorbent materials, such as wool, straw, cotton, and synthetic sponges, to separate oil from the water. Sponges are the best choice for ...

New research published in the journal Industrial Engineering and Chemical Research describes the development of a smart sponge capable of selectively absorbing oil in water. The research comes from ...

Oil spills are catastrophic for marine environments, especially if they’re not cleaned up quickly. That can be difficult when a spill occurs in the middle of the ocean and crews can’t reach the area ...

A super absorbent sponge may be about to radically change our approach to cleaning up oil spills. After eating 90 times its own body weight in oil, the sponge can be wrung out and reused again. In ...

We may have our best tool yet for fighting oil spills as researchers from Argonne National Lab have developed a new material that can absorb up to 90 times its weight in oil. The new technology works ...