12th of September 2012 10:34 GMT
During the International Conference on Magnetic Fluids, to be held in January 2013, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will present a new method of separating oil from water after spills, which enables the recovered oil to be used as if it were new. This approach will significa...
1st of September 2012 04:22 GMT
It may very well be that climate change has lead to the Arctic's sea ice hitting another record low, as researchers informed us. Yet, oil company Royal Dutch Shell chooses to still remain oblivious to concerns raised time and time again by environmentalists and carry on with its plans to drill in these frozen...
24th of August 2012 09:29 GMT
Earlier today, we reported on how six Greenpeace members boarded a Russian oil platform that was to begin drilling in the Pechora Sea. Now, the organization wishes to explain to the citizens of Russia exactly why it is that they decided to embark on this course of actions by sending them an open letter. Written b...
21st of August 2012 08:15 GMT
During a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, a team of researchers announced that they had made significant progress in terms of developing a new oil dispersant by using ingredients found in your run-off-the-mill food products. Apparently, their findings might soon make the task of managing accidental...
26th of July 2012 04:53 GMT
A team of scientists at the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the discovery of a gene that is responsible for giving bacteria the ability to survive in extremely dangerous environments. The finding explains why the waters in the Gulf of Mexico, heavily polluted with methane follo...