MacArthur 'genius' grant winner creates artificial leaves that photosynthesize
It took nature millions of years to figure out how to turn energy from the sun into chemical energy that can be stored for a cloudy day - a process known as photosynthesis. It took Peidong Yang, a...
View ArticleHyperSolar Announces Breakthrough in Low Cost Fabrication of Water Splitting...
(Source: HyperSolar Inc) SANTA BARBARA, CA - April 28, 2015 - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of...
View ArticleCore-shell nanostructures show promise in production of fuel gases (The...
(Source: The University of Georgia) Athens, Ga. - Researchers at the University of Georgia have created a nanostructure that could provide a path toward using solar energy more efficiently in the...
View ArticleAnother Milestone in Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis (Lawrence Berkeley...
(Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) developing a bioinorganic hybrid...
View ArticleStanford scientists discover how microbes acquire electricity in making...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, May 18, 2015 New findings by Stanford engineering Professor Alfred Spormann and colleagues could pave the way for microbial "factories" that produce...
View ArticleStanford's GCEP awards $10.5 million for research on renewable energy...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, October 8, 2014 Stanford scientists and an international research group receive funding to advance solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy....
View ArticleNew Discovery Could Better Predict How Semiconductors Weather Abuse (Lawrence...
(Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Mimicking nature is not easy, but new insights by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could...
View Article'Synthetic' Leaves: The Energy Plants of the Future? (Kavli Roundtable)
Alan Brown, writer and blogger for The Kavli Foundation contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Imagine using plants to grow the natural gas that heats homes and...
View ArticleFor platinum catalysts, a tiny squeeze gives a big boost in performance,...
(Source: Stanford University) A nanosize squeeze can significantly boost the performance of platinum catalysts that help generate energy in fuel cells, according to a new study by Stanford scientists....
View ArticleHyperSolar Achieves Major Breakthrough in Splitting Water into Renewable...
(Source: HyperSolar Inc) HyperSolar Achieves Major Breakthrough in Splitting Water into Renewable Hydrogen Fuel HyperSolar Achieves Major Breakthrough in Splitting Water into Renewable Hydrogen Fuel...
View ArticleNew Hybrid Fuel Cell Made From E. Coli, Gold, And Titanium
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is not something anyone wants to come into contact with; after all, this bacteria is responsible for fairly potent, sometimes dangerous, food poisoning. A team of researchers...
View ArticleHow does Toyota’s fuel cell vehicle work? (Toyota (GB) plc)
(Source: Toyota (GB) plc) The revolution starts here… The countdown to the launch of Toyota's advanced new fuel cell vehicle has finally begun. On sale in 2015, the Toyota Mirai has been described as...
View ArticleSolar Cells Get Boost with Integration of Water-Splitting Catalyst onto...
(Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst for integration with a solar cell, and the...
View ArticleHyperSolar Achieves Major Breakthrough in Splitting Water Into Renewable...
The Company Exceeds the 1.23 Volts Threshold Required for Artificial Photosynthesis to Split Water Into Hydrogen and Oxygen Using Only the Power of the Sun SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - December...
View ArticleArtificial Photosynthesis Could Soon Be Key To Widespread Adoption Of Renweables
Solar and wind power have one thing in common besides being renewable: When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, they don’t generate electricity. But artificial photosynthesis may someday...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab’s Major Advance in Artificial Photosynthesis Poses Win/Win for...
(Source: FLC - Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer) A major advance in artificial photosynthesis poses a win/win for the environment - using sequestered CO2 for green chemistry,...
View ArticleDid UIC just save the world? (University of Illinois at Chicago)
(Source: University of Illinois at Chicago) Civilizations are powered by the burning of fossil fuels. Humans are adding tons of carbon dioxide to the Earth's atmosphere, causing climate change and...
View ArticleResearchers develop artificial leaf that turns CO2 and sunlight into fuel
--> Fri, 29 Jul 2016-07:20pm , Washington , PTI The leaf acts like it's natural counterpart, turning carbon dioxide into a hydrocarbon fuel. Scientists have developed "artificial leaves" -...
View ArticleNew artificial leaf creates fuel using CO2, sunlight
Scientists have developed "artificial leaves" - potentially game-changing solar cells that cheaply and efficiently convert atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable hydrocarbon fuel using...
View ArticleBloodhound Diary: The race against time
By Andy Green World Land Speed Record Holder 3 June 2015 From the section Science & Environment A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by...
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