{"id":641949,"date":"2026-10-10T06:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/641949\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T06:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:32:17","slug":"innovative-aerogel-can-clean-up-marine-oil-spills-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/641949\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative \u2018aerogel\u2019 can clean up marine oil spills &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/spill_probe.jpg\" class=\"full-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Researchers from Israel\u2019s Ben-Gurion University have developed a gel technology to treat crude oil and fuel pollution in marine and aquatic environments.<\/p>\n<p>The aerogel was designed by a team from the university\u2019s Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory and looks to facilitate the process of capturing and long-term degradation of hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n<p>The lab experiments on the technology have found that the gel can adsorb around 100 times its own mass in crude oil, fuel and other hydrocarbons. <\/p>\n<p>Two-step approach<\/p>\n<p>The porous aerogel is made from cellulose fibres enriched with nitrogen phosphorus and was developed through a process of nutrient enrichment, freeze-drying and pyrolysis.<\/p>\n<p>Using a two-step process of physical adsorption and biological degradation, the nutrients in the aerogel supports oil-degrading bacteria, which can capture pollutants and biologically break them down.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the aerogel is biodegradable, avoiding the process of removing the material after treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel Kushmaro, the lead professor of the study, said: \u201cThese findings demonstrate the potential of the method we developed as a versatile and sustainable platform for treating oil spills in aquatic and marine environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining physical adsorption with biodegradation, the technology offers a promising and innovative alternative to conventional approaches, addressing both immediate containment and long-term environmental recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research team is now working with the university\u2019s technology commercialisation company, BGN Technologies, to gain patent recognition for its technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers from Israel\u2019s Ben-Gurion University have developed a gel technology to treat crude oil and fuel pollution in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-641949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}