Sound Blaster Cleans Contaminated Soil

by Tom Simonite NewScientist.com, 6 Sep 2006 Soil polluted by organic toxins can be blasted clean with ultrasound, say researchers in Australia. The method may prove to be more effective at cleaning up contamination from oil refineries, power stations and aluminium factories than existing methods. The new clean-up method was inspired by the mining industry, which uses ultrasound to process some minerals. Read more