(The Gist of Science Reporter) Gel-like Fluid to Prevent Wildfires  [JANUARY-2020]

(The Gist of Science Reporter) Gel-like Fluid to Prevent Wildfires

Gel-like Fluid to Prevent Wildfires

• Stanford University researchers have developed a cellulose-based gel-like fluid which can be coated over vegetation by spraying through standard agricultural equipment or an aircraft to prevent wildfires.
• The technology could combat Earth’s oceans — the Mariana Trench -- eats oil.
• During the study of the collected microbial population samples, researchers found a hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria which was abundant at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
• Such microbes could eat compounds similar to those in oil and then could be used for fuel.
• The study was published in Micro biome.

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