Scientists Develop Sponge to Soak Up Oil Spills

Yale e360
Mar 8, 2017, 12:23 pm274 pts
Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois have created a new sponge-like material that can repeatedly soak up oil spills. The material, which can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in oil, could make it faster and easier to clean up offshore oil spills, the scientists said. Read more on E360 →

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