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New process extracts pure hydrogen from contaminant in unrefined oil

Technology / Energy

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 0

A commercial-scale process to extract and reuse pure hydrogen from the hydrogen sulfide that naturally contaminates unrefined oil, including oil sands, is one step closer to reality thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. ...





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On the path to metallic hydrogen

On the path to metallic hydrogen

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. Now, scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C., US, ...


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 (19) | 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 ...


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).


Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (56) | comments 12

Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs ...


The March of the Carbon Nanotubes

The March of the Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 4

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) researchers have surpassed by a surprising margin the Department of Energy's goal for storing hydrogen within a unique material called carbon nanotubes. The ...


Palladium Nanoparticle Electrodeposition on Nanotubes Results in New Flexible Hydrogen Sensors

Palladium Nanoparticle Electrodeposition on Nanotubes Results in New Flexible Hydrogen Sensors

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 27, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

In comparison to current hydrogen sensors, which are rigid and use expensive, pure palladium, Argonne's new sensors are flexible and use single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as supports to improve efficiency ...


Enzyme cocktail converts cellulosic materials, water into hydrogen fuel

Chemistry /

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.


Team Finds Unexpected Hydrides Become Stable Metals at Pressure Near One Quarter Required to Metalize Pure Hydrogen Alone

Unexpected Hydrides Become Stable Metals at Pressure Near One Quarter Required to Metalize Pure Hydrogen Alone

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- From detailed assessments of electronic structure, researchers at the University at Buffalo, Cornell University, Stony Brook University and Moscow State University discovered that unexpected ...


Chemists offer new hydrogen purification method

Chemists offer new hydrogen purification method

Chemistry /

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- President Barack Obama's pursuit of energy independence promises to accelerate research and development for alternative energy sources -- solar, wind and geothermal power, biofuels, hydrogen ...


Hydrogen milestone could help lower fossil fuel refining costs

Technology / Energy

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(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 ...



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