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Producing hydrogen from urine

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (52) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract ...


Researchers meet major hydrogen milestone

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 8

A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory earlier this month reached a major milestone with the successful production of hydrogen through High-Temperature Electrolysis (HTE).





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Italy launches first clean hydrogen power plant

Technology / Energy

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Italian power company Enel said Friday that it had started up a ground-breaking hydrogen-powered electricity plant producing no greenhouse gases.


Hydrogen-making algae's 'Achilles' heel' discovered

Hydrogen-making algae's 'Achilles' heel' discovered

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(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 ...


A promising step towards more effective hydrogen storage

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (31) | comments 0

An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material. The ...


Study reveals new, cost-efficient method for creating portable hydrogen fuel cells

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created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (21) | comments 0

A new paper published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society proposes a new method of producing hydrogen for portable fuel cells.


Hydrogen-rich Material Promises Advances in Energy Transmission, Fuel Storage

Hydrogen-rich Material Promises Advances in Energy Transmission, Fuel Storage

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, a joint institute of SLAC and Stanford University, have produced a hydrogen-rich alloy that could provide insight into ...


New hydrogen production method could reduce need for fossil fuels

New hydrogen production method could reduce need for fossil fuels

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (22) | comments 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have created an entirely natural and renewable method for producing hydrogen to generate electricity which could drastically reduce the dependency on fossil fuels in the future.


Engineer Taps Heat-Loving Bacteria for Hydrogen

Engineer Taps Heat-Loving Bacteria for Hydrogen

Biology /

created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A North Carolina State University engineer has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to learn more about the microbiology, genetics and genomics behind how and why heat-loving ...


Closing the hydrogen economic loop

Technology / Energy

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (39) | comments 7

The inventor of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us.


Enzyme cocktail converts cellulosic materials, water into hydrogen fuel

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Tomorrow's fuel-cell vehicles may be powered by enzymes that consume cellulose from woodchips or grass and exhale hydrogen.


From microbes to hydrogen fuel

Technology / Energy

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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.



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