Last year, we heard how scientists had created eco-friendly soft gel particles from hard grains of pollen. Now, they've used those particles to create sponges that could soak up oil spills, then ...

Scientists have fashioned a sponge out of carbon nanotubes and a bit of boron that hates water so much it absolutely refuses to soak up a single drop. But it loves oil. This, in turn, makes it ideal ...

Not just any sponge, of course — one transformed by nanotechnology, the science of making very, very, very small things. Researchers at the University of Minnesota reported recently that they have ...

Across some of the planet’s driest regions, engineers are racing to turn humidity into a reliable tap, using materials that ...

A sponge coated with a paraffin-like material can suck up 99 per cent of oil from water at low temperatures, offering a solution to crude oil spills in Arctic environments. Such spills happen with ...

Researchers have developed a low-cost, energy-efficient method for making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. Researchers from the University of Cambridge used a method ...

Oil spills could severely damage oceans and marine animals. Previously, a ship accident in Mauritius led to a massive oil spill that kept getting bigger. SHIHMEN, TAIWAN - MARCH 26: A resident shows ...