University Researchers Hope Answer to Cleaning Up Gulf Coast Lies in Geometry
August 30, 2010
August 30, 2010
BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 30 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have received a $60,000 one-year National Science Foundation grant to study how naturally occurring microbes can best be used to eat away remaining crude oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Their choice of weapon: Geometry.
Fueled by oxygen, naturally occurring bacteria can slowly destroy blobs and slicks . . .
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have received a $60,000 one-year National Science Foundation grant to study how naturally occurring microbes can best be used to eat away remaining crude oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Their choice of weapon: Geometry.
Fueled by oxygen, naturally occurring bacteria can slowly destroy blobs and slicks . . .