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Going platinum: New catalyst could boost cleaner fuel use

Going platinum: New catalyst could boost cleaner fuel use

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (23) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Material scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a technique for a bimetallic fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, robust and two to five times more effective than ...


Animal eggs not suitable substitutes to produce stem cells

Biology /

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Since the cloning of Dolly the Sheep over a decade ago, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been considered a promising way to generate human, patient-specific stem cells for therapeutic applications. The shortage of ...


New Semiconducting Material

Solarmer Energy expects sun to shine on Chicago invention

Chemistry /

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solarmer Energy Inc. is developing plastic solar cells for portable electronic devices that will incorporate technology invented at the University of Chicago.


Breakthrough in efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (50) | comments 0

In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, EPFL professor Michael Graetzel, Shaik Zakeeruddin and colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved a reco ...


Britain's first dual fuel bus will cut emissions by half

Britain's first dual fuel bus will cut emissions by half

Technology / Energy

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A consortium brought together by low carbon experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is today launching the first bus in the UK to run on clean, biomethane gas.