Absorbent socks are essential for any maintenance shop to keep spills, messes, and leaks in check. These long, sock-like tubes resemble draft stoppers in appearance but are filled with absorbent ...

It seems there is no end to the uses of graphene—it can be made into a superconductor, improve fuel performance, and even seems to be the future of device fabrication. But now researchers from the ...

Never underestimate the game-changing impact of a good golf towel. Whether sweating up a storm or playing through a light drizzle, golf towels absorb moisture from your face, arms, and palms, remove ...

In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, materials scientists have teamed up to manufacture and test a new material, called a boron nitride nanosheet, that can ...

Researchers from Deakin University have invented a new sponge material made of thin, nanosheeting that is highly absorbent, allowing the technology to reduce the impact of oil spills. “Current methods ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University is collaborating with General Motors to develop a new type of energy-absorbing material that might be 3-D printed and that could have an impact in areas ...