Reusable sponge platform has successfully removed oil, phosphate and metal from contaminated water New development allows ...

A reusable sponge that soaks up pollutants like phosphate and metals from water has been developed by Northwestern University ...

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong turbulent flow ...

Northwestern researchers developed sponges to address water pollution and identified potential health risks of a juice-based ...

The sponge, coated with nanoparticles that have ... and microplastics and oil from lakes and oceans. It then releases these valuable resources when it is exposed to different pH’s.

Northwestern researchers created a reusable sponge that captures pollutants like phosphate, copper, and zinc from water while ...

A large-scale fuel oil pollution, likely caused by the sinking of Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, has been discovered on the coast of Odesa Oblast. Source: Ivan Rusiev, a scientist and the head ...

Solutions for algae blooms and pollution caused by minerals from ... In its first iteration, the sponge platform was made of polyurethane and coated with a substance that attracted oil and repelled ...

As more waterways contend with algae blooms and pollution caused ... iteration, the sponge platform was made of polyurethane and coated with a substance that attracted oil and repelled water.