NSF Webcast: Water and Oil Everywhere, and Now it's Safe to Drink

NSF Webcast: Water and Oil Everywhere, and Now it's Safe to Drink
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:39:00 -0600

Building upon research conducted during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, engineers have incorporated a swellable nano-structured glass called Osorb^® into a system for extracting pollutants like dissolved petroleum from water--and collecting the petroleum for later use. 

During a webcast from the National Science Foundation, developer Paul Edmiston of the College of Wooster will demonstrate the new application for the Osorb^® ...

More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118400&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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