University researchers hope answer to cleaning up Gulf Coast lies in geometry

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2010-08-30

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Virginia Tech. University Relations

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Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have received a $60,000 one-year National Science Foundation grant to study how naturally occurring microbes can best be used to eat away remaining crude oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Their choice of weapon: Geometry.

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College of Engineering

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