Hales has beaten extremely long odds to position his Oil Absorber product at one step away from being used in the Gulf of Mexico to help clean up the BP oil spill. Out of about 80,000 submissions ...

Using by-products of the petroleum and refining industries, they've created an absorbent polymer that can quickly soak up crude oil from sea water. SUBSCRIBE LOG IN ...

Scientists have come up with a novel material for cleaning up oil spills on land. Mats of human hair and dog fur successfully absorb oil from hard surfaces — but not so well from sand.

Super-absorbent material soaks up oil spills. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 11 / 151130182508.htm. Drexel University.

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 ...