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05/08/2018
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By Janine Acero
Learning from nature: Scientists create new material inspired by leaves to separate oil from water for cleaning up oil spills
Scientists have developed 3-D printed solutions to solve one of the most devastating man-made disasters. They looked at leaf structure to create a material that can separate oil and water, which has potential applications in safer and more efficient oil spill clean-up methods. The researchers used 3D printing to mimic a biological phenomenon in leaves called “Salvinia effect,” […]
03/27/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The cost of clean-up: Oil spill responders in the Gulf of Mexico exposed to chemical dispersants now have health issues
Cleaning up oil spills is always a dirty and dangerous job, but a new study revealed its hidden health cost. According to Environmental Health Perspectives, two of the chemical dispersants used to clear up the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 have been linked to numerous health problems reported by oil spill response crews after the event. The National […]
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