Sponge cuts oil spill clean-up cost

ENN
Mar 15, 2016, 8:22 am48 pts
A simple but super-absorbent artificial sponge could lower the cost of cleaning up crude oil spills in developing countries.A team of researchers, based at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, found that simple sponges made from polyurethane foam soaked up oil spills better than more expensive sponges…

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