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New Water Splitting Technique Efficiently Produces Hydrogen Fuel
Radically new technique uses
the power of sunlight to
efficiently split water into
its components of hydrogen
and oxygen, paving the way
for the broad use of
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'Soft' Approach Leads to Revolutionary Energy Storage: Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Researchers have brought
next generation energy
storage closer with an
engineering first -- a
graphene-based device that
... > full story
Figuring out Flow Dynamics
Scientists have been
building models of turbulent
flow. Recently, they
developed a new and improved
way of looking at the
composition of turbulence
near walls, the type of flow
... > full story
Plasmonic Black Metals: Breakthrough in Solar Energy Research?
The use of plasmonic black
metals could someday provide
a pathway to more efficient
photovoltaics -- the use of
solar panels containing phot ... > full story
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Cobalt Replacements Make Solar Cells More Sustainable
August 2, 2013 — Researchers have successfully replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt, taking a step forward in the development of ... > full story -
Key Factors for Wireless Power Transfer
July 31, 2013 — What happens to a resonant wireless power transfer system in complex electromagnetic environments? Researchers explored the influences at play in this type of situation and describe how efficient ... > full story -
Progress in Using Ethanol to Make Key Raw Material Now Produced from Oil
July 31, 2013 — Ethanol from corn and other plants could become the sustainable, raw material for a huge variety of products, from plastic packaging to detergents to synthetic rubber, that are currently ... > full story -
Sequestration and Fuel Reserves: Storing Carbon Dioxide to Release Liquid Fuels
July 30, 2013 — A technique for trapping the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep underground could at the same be used to release the last fraction of natural gas liquids from ailing reservoirs, thus offsetting some ... > full story -
Suburban Sprawl to Power Cities of the Future
July 30, 2013 — A city’s suburbs could hold the solution to dwindling fuel supplies by producing enough energy to power residents’ cars and even top up power resources, pioneering new research has ... > full story -
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See-Through Solar Film: Researchers Double Efficiency of Novel Solar Cell
July 29, 2013 — Nearly doubling the efficiency of a photovoltaic breakthrough made in 2012, researchers have developed a two-layer, see-through solar film that could be placed on building windows, sunroofs, ... > full story -
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Best of Both Worlds: Solar Hydrogen Production Breakthrough
July 29, 2013 — Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chemically in the form of hydrogen. This is a major feat as ... > full story -
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Microbial Who-Done-It for Biofuels
July 25, 2013 — Scientists have developed a promising technique for identifying microbial enzymes that can effectively deconstruct biomass into fuel sugars under refinery processing ... > full story -
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New Nuclear Fuel-Rod Cladding Could Lead to Safer Power Plants
July 25, 2013 — In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was initially driven into shutdown by the magnitude 9.0 quake; its emergency generators then ... > full story -
Full Genome Map of Oil Palm Indicates Way to Raise Yields and Protect Rainforest: Single Gene Identified Whose Regulation Controls Oil Palm Yield
July 24, 2013 — A multinational team of scientists has identified a single gene, called Shell, that regulates yield of the oil palm tree. The fruit and seeds of the oil palm are the source of nearly one-half of the ... > full story
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