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May 7, 2022 With a sponge that looks like one you might find in your kitchen, Northwestern University researchers have discovered how to...

April 26, 2022 A new coating applied to sponges can collect oil, phosphates and microplastics from polluted waters. The aim is to address...

April 25, 2022 As billions of tons of plastic waste have accumulated in the environment, microplastics are getting even harder to remove....

April 6, 2022 We are delighted to announce that MFNS has received a National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Phase 1 award in collaboration...

February 15, 2022 MFNS Tech has been selected among the top 5 startups to watch in 2022 (out of 500+ worldwide) in the clean tech...

January 31, 2022 For a fourth year, the Village of Glenview is recognizing local organizations that take the lead with environmental...

December 21, 2021 Vikas Nandwana (MFNS Tech) has been selected as a finalist in an elite deep tech accelerator program in US called Chain...

November 22, 2021 In this episode of the “Nano Matters” podcast, Vinayak Dravid, the Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and...

November 8, 2021 Methods designed to remove oil from water can do more harm than good. Read more

October 6, 2021 Researchers say reusable sponges that can sop up oil without absorbing water could make cleanup efforts more effective...

August 15, 2021 OHM Skimmer Coating™ is a new coating material from MFNS. OHM Skimmer Coating™ can enhance the oil removal rate of belt...

July 15, 2021 The Ohmsett Gazette newsletter is bi-annual newsletter providing readers with articles of testing, research, and training...

June 4, 2021 A decade after Deepwater Horizon, we’re still cleaning up oil spills the same way A sinking boat off the coast of Sri Lanka...

June 1, 2021 MFNS co-founders Prof. Vinayak David and Dr. Vikas Nandwana develop new technology to cleanup phosphate from polluted water....

May 5, 2021 OHM Sponge ® was found to be highly effective in cleaning up oil even under very cold conditions.

April 12, 2021 MFNS has developed a new coating for skimmer belt which dramatically improves the oil absorption capacity of the belt...

March 26, 2021 Ohmsett is a national test facility that provides independent performance testing of oil spill response solutions. Read More

March 22, 2021 MFNS team arrives at New Jersey to test the performance of OHM Sponge in real life conditions mimicking rough sea.

March 10, 2021 MFNS team has been working towards producing large quantities of OHM Sponge via a highly scalable process. We are...

February 23, 2021 MFNS team collaborated with a major soil remediation company to work on the cleaning oil from oil/soil/water mixture.