The Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have been catastrophic in many ways, but if there’s any silver lining to the disaster it’s the efforts to find better ways to better extract oil from water that emerged in the aftermath. The latest candidate to emerge in this area is a multipurpose fabric covered in tiny semi-conducting rods, affording it a unique set of properties that could see it used to deal with everything from water decontamination to wiping down your kitchen counter. [ Read More ]
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