Supersponge for oil spills – Winner of the European Inventor Award 2017
Thanks to a chance discovery, the world has a new superweapon in the fight against oil and chemical spills. It is a synthetic wax engineered by Günter Hufschmid and his team at German company Deurex. It can adsorb close to seven times its own weight in hydrophobic liquids without taking on any water itself, making Read more about Supersponge for oil spills – Winner of the European Inventor Award 2017[…]