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Ultimate Sponge for Cleaning Up Oil Spills Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Environment   
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Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the ultimate sponge for capturing oil from wastewater and effectively soaking up environmental oil spills. In the new study, Robert Pfeffer and colleagues point out that the environmental challenges of oil contamination go beyond widely publicized maritime oil spills like the Exxon Valdez incident.
(source: sciencedaily.com)
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