Natural micro-organisms in the water helped eat the oil and clean up the spill.

VOA: special.2011.04.23

Before the award ceremony, he told reporters that he hopes the Medal of Freedom award will help spread the word about the micro-loan concept.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

His works,called micro mosaics, include portraits of actor Omar Sharif, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Egyptian Novelist Naguib Mahfouz, American television host Oprah Winfrey, and Cleopatra.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

She says she is proud that the first micro-mosaic exhibit in Cairo features an Egyptian artist.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

He is scheduled to give a lecture on micro mosaics in London in October.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"where the villager borrows money from local micro-credit organizations and pays them back."

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"In the past,we've supported a computer learning center, and some micro-enterprise funds, and so they can invest in what they deem to be the priorities in their community."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Yunus started the micro-loan program in his native Bangladesh.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The art form reached its height during the Renaissance, when micro-mosaics were created for St.Peter's Basilica in Vatican City because traditional altar paintings were decaying from humidity and other environmental factors.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"What we found was with one protein that we delivered in the micro-channels in the scaffolds, that was sufficient to regenerate the entire joint surface with cartilage and with bone and with blood vessels."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

You have to step up. You have to serve." He said groups like the Clinton Global Initiative are making a difference around the world by working with business to cut dangerous emissions, empowering entrepreneurs with micro-loans, and giving hope to some of the world's poorest children.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23