Hydrogen fuel cells hold a lot of promise as sustainable and eco-friendly energy sources to power transportation by land, air and sea. But traditional catalysts used to drive chemical reactions in hydrogen fuel cells are ...
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2022
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Research on the ground following two large wildfires in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range showed the vast majority of carbon stored in trees before the blazes was still there after the fires.
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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New UC Riverside research shows how, after it rains, microbes in desert soil convert one form of pollution into another—laughing gas.
Environment
Mar 9, 2022
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A team of researchers from Indiana University, Purdue University, Université de Lille, Center for Energy and Environment and Edelweiss Technology Solutions, LLC, has found that people using commercial cleaners with certain ...
Cornell chemists have discovered a class of nonprecious metal derivatives that can catalyze fuel cell reactions about as well as platinum, at a fraction of the cost.
Materials Science
Feb 3, 2022
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New research conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) explores the expansion of a classical mechanics model, that has been useful for understanding asymmetries in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions, ...
Plasma Physics
Jan 20, 2022
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Just like cars need fuel to run, microorganisms need energy to live.
Ecology
Nov 22, 2021
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Unusual reaction pathways to hydrocarbon clusters could bring a paradigm shift to the understanding of soot and interstellar chemistry.
Astrobiology
Oct 21, 2021
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First used for battle in China in about 900 A.D., gunpowder spread throughout Eurasia by the end of the 13th century, eventually revolutionizing warfare as a propellant in firearms and artillery. Meanwhile, master gunners ...
Materials Science
Sep 22, 2021
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Rocket engines contain confined combustion systems, which are essentially combustion chambers. In these chambers, nonlinear interactions among turbulent fuel and oxidizer flows, sound waves, and heat produced from chemical ...
General Physics
Aug 2, 2021
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