Core-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 ArticleTo reduce greenhouse gases from cows and sheep, we need to look at the big...
(Source: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Livestock 'digestion' produces nearly 3 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. Cattle image from...
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 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 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 ArticleMSU ecologist advances understanding of the role of greenhouse gases,...
(Source: Montana State University) A new research paper published in Nature this week, advances the understanding of how greenhouse gases from forests, grasslands, and agriculture other than carbon...
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 ArticleHow power became portable: An introduction to battery technology
The modern world, in all its grandeur and complexity, runs off a shockingly primal force, one that has been flowing through human bodies long before the first motor was built. Electricity, that same...
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 ArticleTeaming nature and technology for climate solutions
One corner of the Omani desert is blanketed by a type of rock with an unquenchable thirst for a colorless and odorless gas vital to life on Earth. That gas is CO, and when it reacts with peridotite, a...
View ArticleLiterature review on the safety of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide...
(Source: TGA - Therapeutic Goods Administration) Summary This scientific review report is limited to the review of safety concerns surrounding zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO) nanoparticles...
View ArticleBreathe deep: How the ISS keeps astronauts alive
Shipping enough air to the International Space Station from Earth to keep the astronauts alive would be a costly business. Here's what they do instead. by March 19, 2015 9:39 PM PDT facebook twitter...
View ArticleAre Organic Farms Really Worse When it Comes to Greenhouse Gases?
Organic farming earned some negative press recently with the publication of a paper that linked it to higher greenhouse emissions, but the truth is a little more complex. The paper, by University of...
View ArticleENTECHNOLOGY WATCH CO2 (essenscia - Belgian Federation for Chemistry and Life...
(Source: essenscia - Belgian Federation for Chemistry and Life Sciences Industries) TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Carbon Dioxide Conversion October 2016 Abstract Study of the recent patent literature on conversion...
View ArticleBatteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted underwater vehicles (UUVs),...
View ArticleStanford engineers set record for capturing and storing solar energy in...
(Source: McPhy Energy SA) Solar energy has the potential to provide abundant power, but only if scientists solve two key issues: storing the energy for use at all hours, particularly at night, and...
View ArticleResearchers Find a Surprise Just Beneath the Surface in Carbon Dioxide...
Scientists are seeking ways to reduce environmentally harmful levels of carbon dioxide from vehicle emissions and other sources by improving chemical processes that convert carbon dioxide gas into...
View ArticleMimicking photosynthesis
Artificial photosynthetic systems could potentially provide us with a relatively inexpensive supply of clean energy. REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE Energy seems to be the number one global priority of our times....
View ArticleIt Takes a Real Genius to Fake Photosynthesis
By Don Willlmott Brace yourself for some breathtaking botany. A group of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are hard at work trying to perfect a process...
View ArticleHyperSolar Releases Video Demonstration of Renewable Hydrogen Production
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 07, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB:HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water,...
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