When an oil spill occurs at sea, there are already a number of possible options for gathering the oil that floats in a layer on the water’s surface. Some of the oil also forms into tiny suspended ...

Scientists may have just invented an amazing new way to clean up oil spills by mimicking the ingenious physics of cactus needles. Cactus needles are not just for warding off animals trying get a taste ...

When it comes to detecting biomarker chemicals in a person's body, sweat-analyzing sensors offer a less painful alternative to blood sampling. A new wearable sensor takes a unique approach to ...

Cactus-inspired micro needles have been used to remove tiny oil droplets from water with almost 100 percent efficiency. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing have developed a ...

Oil spills may be cleaned using a method inspired by cactus needles Arrays of tiny copper spikes can clean oil from water, mimicking the way cacti pull water out of desert air. Chinese researchers had ...

When Ju Jie and her colleagues published the results of their research into the fog-collecting abilities of cactus in the science journal Nature in December, she hoped it might one day help save the ...

Cacti are one of my favorite types of plants and their needles certainly make them stand out. The needles that cover cacti are critical to their survival in many ways. Many cacti are found in dry ...