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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor. http://www.physorg.com/news177606050.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:01:40 EST news177606050 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ionic liquids are molecular solutions that have a wide range of potential applications, including next-generation solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news177346176.html Chemistry Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:10:01 EST news177346176 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of four chemists at the University of Rochester have begun work on a new kind of system to derive usable hydrogen fuel from water using only sunlight. http://www.physorg.com/news174758967.html Chemistry Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:10:54 EST news174758967 (PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory have reached a milestone on the road to reducing carbon emissions and protecting the nation against the effects of peaking world oil production. http://www.physorg.com/news174291745.html Technology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:24:44 EST news174291745 Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers, in a development that could boost the island's efforts to become a player in green technologies. http://www.physorg.com/news173683670.html Technology Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:28:22 EST news173683670 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized hydrogen generator will take winery wastewater, and using bacteria and a small amount of electrical energy, convert the organic material into hydrogen, according to a Penn State environmental engineer. http://www.physorg.com/news173451507.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:10:01 EST news173451507 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered how oxygen stops green algae from producing hydrogen. The findings could help those working towards 'solar H2-farms' in which microorganisms produce hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water. http://www.physorg.com/news173425678.html Chemistry Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:48:30 EST news173425678 (AP) -- Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient. http://www.physorg.com/news172317861.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:20:05 EST news172317861 (AP) -- NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, the second day in a row the liftoff was scrubbed, this time because of a bad fuel valve. http://www.physorg.com/news170442927.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:15:48 EST news170442927 Chemists are preparing to play an important but often unheralded role in determining the success of one of the largest and most important scientific experiments in history - next year's initial attempts at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to produce the world's first controlled nuclear fusion reaction. If successful in taming the energy source of the sun, stars, and of the hydrogen bomb, scientists could develop a limitless new source of producing electricity for homes, factories, and businesses. The experiment could also lead to new insights into the origins of the universe. http://www.physorg.com/news169893112.html Physics Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:50:04 EST news169893112 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has completed a successful flight test of the fuel cell powered XFC (eXperimental Fuel Cell) unmanned aerial system (UAS). During the June 2 flight test, the XFC UAS was airborne for more than six hours. NRL's Chemistry and Tactical Electronic Warfare Divisions are developing the XFC UAS as an expendable, long endurance platform for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). http://www.physorg.com/news168792716.html Technology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:57:48 EST news168792716 (PhysOrg.com) -- To use hydrogen as a clean energy source, some engineers want to pack hydrogen into a larger molecule, rather than compressing the gas into a tank. A gas flows easily out of a tank, but getting hydrogen out of a molecule requires a catalyst. Now, researchers reveal new details about one such catalyst. The results are a step toward designing catalysts for use in hydrogen energy applications such as fuel cells. http://www.physorg.com/news168691007.html Chemistry Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:37:17 EST news168691007 South Korea's Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors Wednesday announced plans to invest 4.1 trillion won (3.28 billion dollars) by end-2013 to develop fuel-efficient cars and cut carbon emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news167460061.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:50:01 EST news167460061 The world's first piloted aircraft capable of taking to the air using only power from fuel cells took off in Germany Tuesday, producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, its makers said. http://www.physorg.com/news166191289.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:15:33 EST news166191289 Scientists for decades have been hunting for ways to harness the enormous force of the sun and stars to supply energy here on Earth. The National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory may spark the light at the end of the tunnel. http://www.physorg.com/news162827599.html Physics Fri, 29 May 2009 14:53:56 EST news162827599 Searching for an environmentally friendly way to produce cheap hydrogen as a fuel, researchers at Oregon State University are turning to microbes that have been doing the job for billions of years. http://www.physorg.com/news157140535.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:09:47 EST news157140535 (PhysOrg.com) -- Car manufacturers aspire to create hydrogen-powered vehicles that could one day allow energy-efficient, cost-effective travel that emits no greenhouse gases or other pollutants. To further that effort, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised new combustion strategies for hydrogen engines. http://www.physorg.com/news156443378.html Technology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:30:20 EST news156443378 (PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells. http://www.physorg.com/news156003211.html Nanotechnology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:14:29 EST news156003211 (PhysOrg.com) -- When a newly developed technology for producing hydrogen gas from biowaste is brought to commercial use - as researchers believe it can be - then it appears the world will have plenty of energy if it can just solve the stubborn shortage of sewage. http://www.physorg.com/news142702016.html Technology Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:26:56 EST news142702016 A transition to hydrogen vehicles could greatly reduce U.S. oil dependence and carbon dioxide emissions, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, but making hydrogen vehicles competitive in the automotive market will not be easy. While the development of fuel cell and hydrogen production technology over the past several years has been impressive, challenges remain. Vehicle costs are high, and the U.S. currently lacks the infrastructure to produce and widely distribute hydrogen to consumers. These obstacles could be overcome, however, with continued support for research and development and firm commitments from the automotive industry and the federal government, concluded the committee that wrote the report. http://www.physorg.com/news135509374.html Technology Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:29:34 EST news135509374