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Synchrotron Gives Insight Into Green Energy Enzymes
December 4, 2012 Chemists have been using a Japanese synchrotron to get a detailed look at enzymes that could help power the green ... > full story -
Gases from Grasses: Simulations on Ranger Supercomputer Help Researchers Understand Biofuel Reactions
December 4, 2012 Researchers used computer simulations and laboratory experiments to discover a reaction site on gold-titanium oxides that is responsible for high rates of catalysis relevant to biofuel and fuel cell ... > full story -
Lignin-Based Thermoplastic Conversion Process
November 30, 2012 Turning lignin, a plant's structural "glue" and a byproduct of the paper and pulp industry, into something considerably more valuable is driving a new research ... > full story -
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Greener Storage for Green Energy
November 29, 2012 Renewable energy solutions like wind and solar operate on nature’s timetable. When the sun blazes or when the breeze blows, power is plentiful—but not necessarily at the moments when ... > full story -
Electricity from the Marshes
November 23, 2012 An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that can generate electricity from the natural interaction between living plant roots and soil bacteria. The ... > full story -
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Nanotechnology Simplifies Hydrogen Production for Clean Energy
November 20, 2012 In the first-ever experiment of its kind, researchers have demonstrated that clean energy hydrogen can be produced from water splitting by using very small metal particles that are exposed to ... > full story -
Mixing Processes Could Increase Impact of Biofuel Spills on Aquatic Environments
November 16, 2012 Ethanol, a component of biofuel made from plants such as corn, is blended with gas in many parts of the country, but has significantly different fluid properties than pure gasoline. A group of ... > full story -
Using Rust and Water to Store Solar Energy as Hydrogen
November 11, 2012 How can solar energy be stored so that it can be available any time, day or night, when the sun shining or not? Scientists are developing a technology that can transform light energy into a clean ... > full story -
Medical Devices Powered by the Ear Itself
November 8, 2012 For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential -- a natural battery -- deep in the inner ... > full story -
Nanoparticles: When Less Is More in Predicting Performance
November 8, 2012 A computational approach that makes processor-intensive first-principle calculations more manageable is now available to predict the structure of nano-alloy ... > full story
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