Advances in nanotechnology may provide solutions that are more effective, safer and work much faster than current mitigation ...

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have invented a sponge that soaks up oil with ease and could revolutionize the way we clean up oil spills. For more information, contact [email protected].

Proper personal protective equipment should be worn at all times when cleaning up spills. This should include at a minimum gloves, goggles and a lab coat. Once the spill has been cleaned, all spill ...

Can the natural ability of microorganisms to degrade oil be harnessed to clean up oil spills? In the open ocean ... has shown promise in laboratory tests, but field trials have shown mixed ...

Micro-encapsulation Absorbent: A dry material that rapidly converts a liquid into a solid. This material greatly simplifies blood spill clean-up and can be obtained through any lab safety vendor. Note ...

Singapore has had at least five incidents of oil spilling into its waters since June 2024, with the latest one on Feb 5. Read ...

By mimicking the skeletal architecture and filter feeding patterns of the sponge, they created a filter that exhibited a high mass transfer and hydrodynamic stability in cleaning up oil spills under ...

The next time you find yourself facing an oil spill, reach for flour. Not just for baking, the following flour hack will clean up kitchen spills with ease and save you from trying to mop up a big ...

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant Monday, where an undetermined amount of oil went into ...

MOSCOW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that more needed to be done to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea, saying efforts so far appeared to have been ...

Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft has sent equipment to clean up oil products to the coast of Anapa, where fuel oil spills occurred after the emergency with the Volgoneft tankers in the ...