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A Bright Future -- With Algae: Diatoms as Templates for Tomorrow's Solar Cells
July 17, 2012 — Long before humankind invented silicon-based solar cells, nature had already found a way to use silica to harness the power of the sun -- in the form of algae. Researchers are now using diatoms and ... > full story -
Calculations Reveal Fine Line for Hydrogen Release from Storage Materials
July 17, 2012 — Scientists have shed new light on the kinetics of hydrogen release, or dehydrogenation, from aluminum hydride, a material that is highly promising for energy storage. Their computer simulations also ... > full story -
Replacing Coal With Natural Gas Would Reduce Global Warming
July 16, 2012 — A debate has raged in the past couple of years as to whether natural gas is better or worse overall than coal and oil from a global warming perspective. The back-and-forth findings have been due to ... > full story -
Sun's Coronal Mass Ejection Results in Aurora Show on Earth
July 16, 2012 — Over the July 14-15, 2012 weekend and through the early morning of July 16, Earth experienced what's called a geomagnetic storm, which happens when the magnetic bubble around Earth, the ... > full story -
Record-Breaking Laser Shot: National Ignition Facility Fires Off 192 Laser Beams Delivering More Than 500 Trillion Watts
July 16, 2012 — Fifteen years of work by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) team paid off on July 5 with a historic record-breaking laser shot. The NIF laser system of 192 ... > full story -
Fracking's Footprint on Pennsylvania Forests
July 16, 2012 — As the natural gas extraction process known as fracking surges across Pennsylvania, scientists are trying to understand what the short- and long-term consequences could be for the state's forests and ... > full story -
Caution Needed With New Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards: New Model Provides Lifecycle Analysis of 'Well-to-Wheel' Oil Sands Emissions
July 13, 2012 — Researchers developed a new model called GHOST (GreenHouse gas emissions of current Oil Sands Technologies), which accounted for the 'upstream' GHG emissions combined with information in the ... > full story -
Platinum Is Wrong Stuff for Fuel Cells Because It Wastes Energy, Expert Says
July 12, 2012 — Fuel cells are inefficient because the catalyst most commonly used to convert chemical energy to electricity is made of the wrong material, a researcher argues. During the oxygen reduction reaction, ... > full story -
One Step Closer to New Kind of Thermoelectric 'Heat Engine'
July 11, 2012 — Researchers who are studying a new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity have discovered how to amplify it a thousand times over -- a first step in making the technology more ... > full story -
Making 'Renewable' Viable: New Technology for Grid-Level Electrical Energy Storage Developed
July 11, 2012 — Researchers have developed a new method for quickly and efficiently storing and discharging large amounts of energy. Their "electrochemical flow capacitor," which is fully scalable, could be the key ... > full story
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