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Researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source

Researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 5

In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an intensive, high-energy ...


A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage

A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive heating and a spontaneous-combustion ...


What's Smelly But Can Fuel a Car?

What's Smelly But Can Fuel a Car?

Technology / Energy

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 16

Driving home from a seminar on fuel cell technology, Gerardine Botte was struck with a notion. Her idea was based on water electrolysis, a process used to produce hydrogen energy from water. Botte, an associate ...


Old carpet to fuel Shaw plant

Technology / Energy

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

That old, weathered carpet torn out from your living room could now be used to make new carpet.


Honda says to open bio-ethanol research centre

Honda says to open bio-ethanol research centre

Technology / Energy

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Japan's Honda Motor Co., seeking a boost in the race to build greener automobiles, said Thursday it would open a research centre to develop and produce bio-ethanol fuel from non-edible plant matter.


Team Visits Chile on Quest for Rare Fuel-Producing Microorganism

Team Visits Chile on Quest for Rare Fuel-Producing Microorganism

Biology /

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three Yale graduate students recently were part of an expedition to Chile to find a rare microorganism that can produce diesel fuel.