We’re all about letting our inner light shine, but aren’t so crazy about it when it comes to our skin — except if you’re Doja Cat and have bedazzled your body for Paris Fashion Week. In that case, ...

From carbon nanotubes to sawdust and cellulose to fern-inspired nano-hair, a multitude of materials are showing great promise for cleaning up oil spills. Now researchers have turned to waste products ...

In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, Materials scientists from Drexel University and Deakin University, in Australia, have teamed up to manufacture and test ...

We can’t seem to prevent oil spills, so the next best thing is mopping them up. Researchers at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, have come up with a super-absorbent nano sponge which you ...

In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, materials scientists have teamed up to manufacture and test a new material, called a boron nitride nanosheet, that can ...

Oil spills and industrial discharge can contaminate water with greasy substances. Although it’s true that oil and water don’t mix, separating and recovering each component can still be challenging.

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created a reusable, biodegradable sponge that can readily soak up oil and other organic solvents from ...

(Nanowerk News) Oil spills and industrial discharge can contaminate water with greasy substances. Although it's true that oil and water don't mix, separating and recovering each component can still be ...