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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Illustration of a black sponge with water around it.

Northwestern researchers develop sponge to clean oil spills

May 9, 2022

Sponges similar to an ordinary kitchen or memory foam sponge may soon clean up oil spills, courtesy of Northwestern researchers. The environmental subgroup of McCormick Prof. Vinayak Dravid’s lab...

The OHM sponge. The sponge is hydrophobic, meaning it resists water, but oleophilic, meaning it attracts oil.

Soaked: How a sponge could clean up oil spills

June 16, 2020

A Northwestern-led team has developed a reusable sponge designed to clean up oil spills. The OHM sponge can be used dozens of times and can recover oil for future use, according to the research published...

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