The U.S. said it had destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying ships amid fears Tehran could deploy hundreds of mines to effectively ...

A new Electronic Dolphin robot can clean up oil spills using a sea urchin-inspired filter that pulls in oil while pushing water away.

As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East's real strategic weak point may be water — not oil.

A remotely-operated minibot developed by Australian researchers can quickly clean up oil spills using a specialised filtering ...

RMIT University engineers in Australia have built a remote-controlled minibot that hoovers up oil spills using an innovative filtering system inspired by sea urchins. Oil spills are still a serious ...

On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in ...

RMIT University engineers in Australia have built a remote-controlled minibot that hoovers up oil spills using an innovative ...

When it comes to systems for cleaning up marine oil spills, most of them simply float in place, waiting for the oil to come to them. A new robot, however, could proactively move through oil slicks – ...

The Electronic Dolphin is a small robot developed by engineers from RMIT University in Australia to test an innovative method for cleaning oil spills from the ocean. It is a remote-controlled ...

The Justice Department said the president has the legal authority to overrule state regulators and reopen an offshore oil ...

Rhode Island has conserved 70 acres of coastal land in Portsmouth using settlement funds from a 2003 oil spill. The Bouchard B-120 oil spill released 98,000 gallons of fuel oil, impacting nearly 100 ...

After a delayed release due to an oil spill in the Gulf, dozens of rehabilitated sea turtles were released.