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Jun 2 | News
Scientists have been hard at work
harnessing the power of microbes as an attractive source of clean
energy. Now,
Biodesign Institute at Arizona State Univ. researcher Dr. Prathap
Parameswaran
and his colleagues have investigated a means for enhancing the
efficiency of
clean energy production by using specialized bacteria.
May 25 | New To Market
A trio of inventors in New Jersey recently unveiled The HYDRA, a
hydrogen fuel cell-based machine that converts waste scum into drinkable
water,
electricity, and medical-grade oxygen. Solar cells drive the conversion
process, and the unit is designed to be transported by trailer.
May 10 | News
Researchers from UC Davis and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology are studying how a simple cobalt catalyst can split water
molecules. Such inexpensive catalysts could one day be used to convert
sunlight
into fuel that can run domestic fuel cells.
May 10 | News
The Yale Solar Group is a team of chemists trying to use sunlight to split water into its elementary components: hydrogen (a green fuel) and oxygen. In doing so, they hope to pave the way for the development of photoelectrochemical cells that could be used to generate an environmentally benign transportation fuel.
Mar 19 | News
The project hasn’t reached full-scale yet, but the renewable energy research project that started out in a Nevada lab has reached demonstration stage at a water reclamation facility. The process dries sludge that is normally trucked away for disposal, converting it to solid fuel that can be gasified to produce electricity.
Feb 18 | News
Scientists may have just made the breakthrough of a lifetime, turning discarded fruit peels and other throwaways into cheap, clean fuel to power the world's vehicles. Univ. of Central Florida professor Henry Daniell has developed a way to produce ethanol from waste products such as orange peels and newspapers.
Feb 12 | News
UCLA chemists report creating a synthetic "gene" that could capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming, rising sea levels, and the increased acidity of oceans.
Feb 3 | News
An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system.
Feb 1 | News
As climate change challenges continue to crop up around fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, identifying renewable fuel materials and developing processes that produce environmentally friendly, cost-competitive biofuels are becoming increasingly important. MSU scientists are producing biofuels from cellulose and hemicellulose, the complex sugars that make grasses, plant stems and stalks, and leaves rigid.
Jan 7 | News
A team of scientists from the Univ. of Sheffield have scooped an international award in recognition of their work on an innovative device which will make the production of alternative biofuels more energy efficient.