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Understanding the science of solar-based energy: more researchers are better than one

Understanding the science of solar-based energy: more researchers are better than one

Technology / Energy

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

View a video of MIT scientists explaining how they recently discovered a catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water.





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Scientists Make Oxygen Out of Moon Rock

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- If humans ever create a lunar base, one of the biggest challenges will be figuring out how to breathe. Transporting oxygen to the moon is extremely expensive, so for the past several years ...


Don’t hold your breath: Carp can manage without oxygen for months

Don’t hold your breath: Carp can manage without oxygen for months

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created Apr 07, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

How long can you hold your breath? Scientists at the University of Oslo have recently discovered how the Crucian Carp, a close relative of the goldfish, is able to live for months without oxygen. The researchers ...


Comparing apples and pears: Scientists see health-determining air paths in fruit

Comparing apples and pears: Scientists see health-determining air paths in fruit

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created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pears and apples contain air pathways to "breathe". The pathways are microscopically small structures for oxygen supply and are key elements in determining the fruit's health.


Need oxygen? Cells know how to spend and save

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created Apr 06, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells fine-tune their oxygen use to make do with whatever amount is available at the moment.


Study offers new recipe for oxygen on icy moons

Physics /

created Mar 27, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Some may be surprised to learn that bleach-blondes and the enabler of life elsewhere in our solar system have something in common. And, no, it's not intelligence. It is, in fact, hydrogen peroxide. But how that hydrogen peroxide ...


Mammals triumphed with oxygen increase

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created Sep 28, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The first high resolution, continuous record of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere indicates a sharp rise in oxygen about 50 million years ago.


Efficient Catalysts for Making Oxygen for 'Artificial Photosynthesis'

Efficient Catalysts for Making Oxygen for 'Artificial Photosynthesis'

Chemistry /

created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan are trying to mimic part of the complex natural process of photosynthesis with ...


Hydrogen generation without the carbon footprint

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (38) | comments 0

A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy, according to Penn State researchers. ...


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Catalyst for water oxidation adopted from plants: a means for energy-efficient production of hydrogen?

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created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (43) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen will be one of the most important fuels of the future. It would be ideal to obtain hydrogen by splitting water instead of from petroleum. However, the electrolysis of water is a very ...


Oxygen Ions for Fuel Cells Get Loose at Low(er) Temperatures

Oxygen Ions for Fuel Cells Get Loose at Low Temperatures

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, has uncovered a novel ...



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