We’re all about letting our inner light shine, but aren’t so crazy about it when it comes to our skin — except if you’re Doja Cat and have bedazzled your body for Paris Fashion Week. In that case, ...

Oil changes, fluid top-offs, and small repairs are convenient to handle in your own garage or driveway, but spilled oil and ...

From carbon nanotubes to sawdust and cellulose to fern-inspired nano-hair, a multitude of materials are showing great promise for cleaning up oil spills. Now researchers have turned to waste products ...

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 ...

We can’t seem to prevent oil spills, so the next best thing is mopping them up. Researchers at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, have come up with a super-absorbent nano sponge which you ...

Oil spills and industrial discharge can contaminate water with greasy substances. Although it's true that oil and water don't mix, separating and recovering each component can still be challenging.

According to a report published by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2018, around 137 oil spills occurred during 2018, which implied approximately 11 spills per month.