Did 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 ArticleCathelco supplies corrosion protection for Russian sector (Leicestershire...
(Source: Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce Ltd) Posted on January 5th, 2015 Cathelco is supplying corrosion protection systems for the second stage of the Filanovsky project in the Caspian Sea, where...
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...
View ArticleTechnique improves the efficacy of fuel cells (Argonne National Laboratory)
(Source: Argonne National Laboratory) Research involved the Advanced Photon Source By Leah Burrows. This release was originally posted at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied...
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 ArticleLos Alamos explores hybrid ultrasmall gold nanocluster for enzymatic fuel...
(Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Contact Los Alamos National Laboratory Nancy Ambrosiano Communications Office (505) 667-0471 Email "Our work seeks to boost electron transfer efficiency,...
View ArticleWashington Auto Show Spotlight: How Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Work (EERE -...
(Source: EERE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are quickly becoming a commercially viable sustainable transportation option for Americans. Unlike...
View ArticleZenyatta Ventures and Ballard Power Systems Initiate Project Using Albany...
THUNDER BAY, ON--(Marketwired - October 21, 2015) - Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ZEN) is pleased to announce the initiation of a project with Ballard Power Systems...
View ArticleIndependent Test Results: Alabama Graphite Corp. Succeeds in Producing...
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar 28, 2017 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- The Energy Graphite(TM) Company Sourced and Manufactured in the United States of America TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 28, 2017) -...
View ArticleHydride-ion conduction makes its first appearance (Tokyo Institute of...
(Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology) Japanese scientists demonstrate the first electrochemical reaction based on hydride ions in an oxide-based solid-state cell for potential next-generation...
View ArticlePositive Results Boost Lithium-ion Battery Program (Talga Resources Ltd)
(Source: Talga Resources Ltd) 10 October 2016 ASX:TLG Positive Results Boost Lithium-ion Battery Program Talga Resources Ltd ABN 32 138 405 419 1st Floor, 2 Richardson St, West Perth, WA 6005 T: +61 8...
View Articlesodium-ion batteries (ANSTO - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology...
(Source: ANSTO - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) Sodium-ion batteries are a type of reusable battery that uses sodium ions as charge carriers. The sodium salts used to prepare...
View ArticleNASA Hosts Media for Update on Asteroid Grand Challenge, Robotics Tour (NASA...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Media and social media are invited to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Tuesday, June 16 for an update on the...
View ArticleX-ray spectroscopy reveals details of capacity fading in Li-ion batteries...
(Source: Universiteit van Amsterdam) First study of electrodes under operating conditions 2 December 2016 The improvement of batteries is one of the key factors in increasing the performance of...
View ArticleDiscovery Could Dramatically Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells...
(Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a possible secret to dramatically...
View ArticleThe History of Lithium Ion Batteries Is Explosive
Samsung’s massive global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone has once again focused attention on the hazards of lithium ion batteries—specifically, the hazards of lithium ion batteries exploding....
View ArticleReclamation Summer Interns Share Work With Colleagues (Bureau of Reclamation)
(Source: Bureau of Reclamation) Reclamation Summer Interns Share Work With Colleagues Written by: Peter Soeth As the school season starts back up in full swing, college students worldwide will go back...
View ArticleNew Multi-Use Firing Room 4 used for Resource Prospector Mission Simulation...
(Source: Ames Research Center) A simulation test of the RESOLVE payload June 3 was the first use of one of the new 21st century multi-user control rooms inside Firing Room 4 in the Launch Control...
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