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MFNS team arrives at OHMSETT facility

March 22, 2021 MFNS team arrives at New Jersey to test the performance of OHM Sponge in real life conditions mimicking rough sea.

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MFNS prepares for the OHMSETT test

March 10, 2021 MFNS team has been working towards producing large quantities of OHM Sponge via a highly scalable process. We are...

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MFNS collaborates with soil remediation company

February 23, 2021 MFNS team collaborated with a major soil remediation company to work on the cleaning oil from oil/soil/water mixture.

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This sponge could be the future of cleaning up oil spills

January 28, 2021 A Northwestern University-led team created the “OHM sponge,” which is able to soak up 30 times its weight in oil and be...

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MFNS expands into the produced water treatment market

January 10, 2021 MFNS is developing OHM membrane which can address efficient and economically viable solution to cleanup produced water.

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McCormick Faculty Named Among Global ‘Highly Cited Researchers’

November 18, 2020 The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence through the publication of multiple...

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Former GCOM CEO joins startup that could change the future of oil spill cleanups

October 30, 2020 The founder and former CEO of GCOM Software has joined a startup whose technology could change the way oil spills are...

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Waste management: ingenuity, mindset and working with nature

October 11, 2020 Human civilization has a waste problem, and it’s likely to get worse as population levels grow and a consumerist...

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BBC News Day Interview

October 1, 2020 BBC News Interview

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Robots and magnetic soap: scientists rethink oil spill clean-ups

September 29, 2020 “As long as fossil fuels are still in circulation, there will always be oil spills,” said Dravid. “We wanted to create...

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Industrial Copper Treatment Pilot Successful

September 1, 2020 The MFNS Team paired up with a customer who needed drop in copper remediation. Unable to utilize Ion exchange resin or...

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Future of Cleaning Oil Spills Looks to Robots, Wood Chips and Sponges

August 30, 2020 Recent oil spills in Russia and Mauritius have shown that the industry still needs better methods for cleaning up...

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Game-Changing New Smart Sponge Soaks Up Oil Spills, Saving Water And Wildlife

June 21, 2020 A team from Northwestern University has developed a highly porous smart sponge that can selectively soak up oil spills in...

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OHM sponge could clean up oil spills

June 5, 2020 A team funded by the National Science Foundation has developed a porous OHM sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water......

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Low-cost polyurethane sponge cleans oil spills

June 3, 2020 The words “sponges” and “cleanup” might evoke dirty dishes and kitchen duty. But to a team of materials scientists, they are...

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Massive Sponge Created To Soak Up Oil Spills In The Ocean

June 2, 2020 A new ‘smart sponge’ designed to clean up oil spills in the ocean has been developed at Northwestern University, Illinois in...

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OHM sponge could clean up oil spills

May 28, 2020 The Northwestern solution bypasses these challenges by selectively absorbing oil and leaving clean water and unaffected...

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Reusable sponge soaks up spilled oil, not water

May 28, 2020 Although we've seen many materials designed for removing oil spills from water, many of them are single-use, ultimately...