The materials science research team from the University of Texas at Austin is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a faster and more efficient system to clean up oil spills and ...

Cleaning up oil spills in your garage and on your driveway requires prompt action to prevent environmental damage and limit permanent damage to the driveway surface itself. The same process can be ...

What if the key to cleaning up deadly oil spills in the ocean was right there on your head? According to Matter of Trust, a non-profit organization started by Lisa and Patrice Gautier, it is. They say ...

Cleaning up oil stains is among the top household nightmares for many, as they're notoriously stubborn. Still, some mishaps like spilling cooking oil on the kitchen floor can happen to the best of us.

There’s another oil spill? Can’t you just use a big sponge to clean it up? That might be possible. Researchers at Argonne National Labs have devised a sponge with properties that should make it ...

A 1998 oil spill of more than 100,000 liters in the North Sea had killed 13,000 birds in Wattenmeer national park, and the scientist had learned that cleaning oil-soaked birds could be as harmful to ...

Rapid responses to home heating oil tank spills are essential in preventing water and soil contamination. PPR aims to help ...

Forty-six days later, the oil spill is still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. Depending on whose estimate you trust, somewhere between 22 million and 200 million gallons of oil are now in the water.