Super-absorbent material soaks up oil spills
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 18:50
in Physics & Chemistry
In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, materials scientists have teamed up to manufacture and test a new material, called a boron nitride nanosheet, that can absorb up to 33 times its weight in oils and organic solvents -- a trait that could make it an important technology for quickly mitigating these costly accidents.