Stanford engineers invent process to accelerate protein evolution (Stanford...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, December 7, 2015 A new tool enables researchers to test millions of mutated proteins in a matter of hours or days, speeding the search for new medicines,...
View ArticleStanford-led skyscraper-style chip design boosts performance 1,000-fold...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, December 9, 2015 In modern computer systems, processor and memory chips are laid out like single-story structures in a suburb. But suburban layouts waste...
View Article2016 Financial Forecast (Showa Denko KK)
(Source: Showa Denko KK) Evolving unique chemical company SHOWA DENKO K.K. 2016 Financial Forecast - Consolidated - (Announced on February 14, 2017) Toshiharu Kato, CFO Corporate Officer Performance...
View ArticleResearchers Use 'Seafloor Gardens' to Switch on Light Bulb (Ames Research...
(Source: Ames Research Center) This photo simulation shows a laboratory-created "chemical garden," which is a chimney-like structure found at bubbling vents on the seafloor. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech...
View ArticleResearch collaboration brings new concepts for potassium-ion batteries
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers are making progress in developing rechargeable batteries based on potassium, a potential alternative to lithium that's less expensive and far more plentiful, and also...
View ArticleNASA Administrator Statement on House Authorization Bill (NASA - The National...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the House of Representatives' NASA authorization bill: "The...
View ArticleGeneral Knowledge Pt. II
o WHAT IS THE SLENDERNESS RATIO? Columns used for construction have a definite value called the crippling load or buckling loadthe load at which the column bends or What is the slenderness ratio?...
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 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 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,...
View ArticleSolar Fuels: How Planes And Cars Could Be Powered By The Sun
Solar energy is the world’s most plentiful and ubiquitous energy source, and researchers around the world are pursuing ways to convert sunlight into a useful form. Most people are aware of solar...
View ArticleStanford engineers set record for capturing and storing solar energy in...
(Source: Stanford University) 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 ArticleHyperSolar Announces Breakthrough in Low Cost Fabrication of Water Splitting...
Company Develops Artificial Photosynthesis Particles Using a Simplified Low-Cost Aqueous Process SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - April 28, 2015) - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB: HYSR), the developer of a...
View ArticleCarbon dioxide may soon be used to make fuel
A newly developed, solar powered “leaf” mimics photosynthesis, converting CO2 into fuel. Carbon dioxide is one of the main culprits of climate change, dramatically warming the Earth as it accumulates...
View ArticleSupersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel (Lunds universitet)
(Source: Lunds universitet) The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to make fuel from water using sunlight. This is what photosynthesis does all the time - plants convert water and...
View ArticleMacArthur '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 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...
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