If you turn off all the lights in your
house late at night, you can probably still find your way by the dim glow of
your electronics. Even if you turn your electronics “off”, are they really off?
Your Blu-ray player or microwave probably
still show the time (or flash 00:00) and a rainbow of tiny lights persistently
shines from most other items, sucking up what’s called “phantom energy”. This
ghost-like power drain manifests not only in lights you can see, but internally
wastes power on things like waiting for your command from the remote control.
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While the bad news keeps flowing — along with the oil — from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a glimmer of good news surfaced last week.
A team of scientists studying the Mississippi River Delta determined that the natural and physical characteristics of the delta may reduce (but not prevent) oil contamination within the Delta.
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Water and oil don’t mix. We see this every day; just try washing olive oil off your hands without soap or washing your face in the morning with only water. It just doesn’t work!
When
an oil spill occurs in the ocean, like the catastrophe in the Gulf
of Mexico, what do scientists do to clean up the toxic mess?
There
are a number of options for an oil spill cleanup and most efforts use a
combination of many techniques.
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