A Northwestern College-led crew has advanced a extremely porous clever sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water.
With a capability to take in greater than 30 instances its weight in oil, the sponge might be used to inexpensively and successfully clear up oil spills with out harming marine lifestyles. After squeezing the oil out of the sponge, it may be reused many dozens of instances with out dropping its effectiveness.
“Oil spills have devastating and fast results at the atmosphere, human