The materials science research team from the University of Texas at Austin is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a faster and more efficient system to clean up oil spills and ...

The current drama over the Gulf oil spill reminds me of an article some years ago saying that, despite millions spent on massive coastline cleanup following the Exxon Valdez disaster ... The current ...

NEW YORK — Federal researchers have created a new tool to clean up oil spills by tinkering with the kind of foam found in seat cushions. The modified foam can soak up oil floating on water and lurking ...

Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution. The bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis lives in marine environments and feeds on ...

Cleaning up oil spills in your garage and on your driveway requires prompt action to prevent environmental damage and limit permanent damage to the driveway surface itself. The same process can be ...

As the final round of a storm series closes in on Southern California, crews are racing to clean up an oil spill in Ventura ...

Roughly 420 gallons of crude oil spilled into Sisar Creek between Ojai and Santa Paula in Ventura County.

An above-ground storage tank operated by Carbon California released approximately 420 gallons of crude oil into a tributary ...

In mid-May, Mark Miller set up shop in a vacant Kia auto dealership in Pascagoula, Miss. — an oceanfront city near the middle of the U.S. Gulf Coast. Unlike the previous tenant, though, he’s not ...

BARNSTABLE - Staff at the New England Wildlife Center are hard at work cleaning dozens of birds after 100 gallons of oil spilled into Boston's Muddy River earlier this week. At the center in ...