Tag Archive for 'Crude oil'

Oil-damaged feathers of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) under a digital high-powered microscope. The microstructure within the feather clumps together after exposure to oil, letting water pass through more easily. Image credit: Richard Unitt, University College Cork.

Tiny Amounts of Crude Oil Can Damage Feathers of Seabirds, New Study Shows

Oct 6, 2022 by News Staff

Scientists have investigated the effects of surface crude oil on the feather structure of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), a species of seabird...

Methanoliparia is an important methanogenic alkane degrader in subsurface environments, producing methane by alkane disproportionation as a single organism. This image shows Methanoliparia cells attached to a droplet of oil. Scale bar - 10 μm. Image credit: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.

Newly-Discovered Microbe Turns Oil into Methane

Aug 21, 2019 by News Staff

Methanoliparia, a species of archaea from deep-sea oil seeps of the Gulf of Mexico, splits long-chain hydrocarbons into methane and carbon dioxide, according...

Researchers Manipulate Liquids Using Only Visible Light

Apr 25, 2017 by News Staff

A novel system developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could make it possible to control the way a liquid moves over...