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An oil filter for water

By Stephen Ornes / September 13, 2012

A new type of filter separates water (blue) from oil (red). Credit: Gibum Kwon, Arun K. Kota and Anish Tuteja.

A new screen can separate oil and water after they’ve mingled

Posted in Chemistry | Tagged Anish Tuteja, chemical engineering, clean water, filter, getinvolved, materials science, oil, oil spill, surfactant, topstories, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, water

Gulf oil finds many paths

By Stephen Ornes / September 10, 2010

The Gulf Oil Spill. Credit: NASA

Questions, and lots of oil, remain months after Gulf disaster

Posted in Environment & Pollution | Tagged feature, immiscibility, intermolecular force, oil, oil spill, solutions/intermolecular forces, water

Indoor ozone stopper

By Stephen Ornes / April 14, 2010

Oils from human skin fight off this harmful chemical, but at a cost.

Posted in Environment & Pollution | Tagged chemical reaction, ecology, Integumentary, oil, ozone, pollutants, Reactions, skin