Super-absorbent polymer may be used on oil spills
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A newly-developed polymer might find use in the clean-up of oil spills (Photo: Shutterstock)
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As the Deepwater Horizon disaster showed us, we need to develop better ways of cleaning up oil spills. While many ideas have been put forth, scientists from Pennsylvania State University have come up with something that particularly shows promise – a polymer that soaks up 40 times its weight in oil.
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