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MIT Develops "Paper Towel" For Oil Spills

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cleanup-on-ocean-three dept.

TheUnknownCoder writes "MIT scientists have created a Nanowire mesh that can selectively absorb hydrophobic (oil-like) liquids from water up to 20 times its weight. The membrane can be recycled many times for future use, and the oil itself can also be recovered. There's even a video of it in action, removing gasoline from water."

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  1. sweet deal by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, we can now clean up the environment without losing the petrol? That's so good it has to be fattening.

    This is the sort of thing which should have made the "top 10 technologies of the next 4 years" list rather than punk-ass "social networks"