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H1N1 Virus Can Be Killed by Acidic Ozone Water

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that acidic ozone water can deactivate H1N1 viruses very effectively, offering a promising disinfectant for the millions of people trying to avoid the disease. Acidic ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Ionic liquid catalyst helps turn emissions into fuel

An Illinois research team has succeeded in overcoming one major obstacle to a promising technology that simultaneously reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide and produces fuel.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Saltwater boosts microbial electrolysis cells to cleanly produce hydrogen

A grain of salt or two may be all that microbial electrolysis cells need to produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts, without adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or using grid electricity, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Inexpensive catalyst that makes hydrogen gas 10 times faster than natural enzyme

Looking to nature for their muse, researchers have used a common protein to guide the design of a material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas. The synthetic material works 10 times faster than the original ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Solar-powered nano sensor targets gases more polluting than carbon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A solar-powered sensor station to monitor in real time the concentration of gases that are key culprits in climate change and air pollution has been installed on a QUT Gardens Point roof as ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity

Billions of dollars lost each year as waste heat from industrial processes can be converted into electricity with a technology being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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A paperweight for platinum: Bracing catalyst in material makes fuel cell component work better, last longer

A new combination of nanoparticles and graphene results in a more durable catalytic material for fuel cells, according to work published today online at the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The catalytic ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover less expensive low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen purification

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University have demonstrated the low-temperature efficacy of an atomically dispersed platinum catalyst, which ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Metal-mining bacteria are green chemists

Microbes could soon be used to convert metallic wastes into high-value catalysts for generating clean energy, say scientists writing in the September issue of Microbiology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Graphene organic photovoltaics, or, will joggers' t-shirts someday power their cell phones?

A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that the researchers say have great potential for a new breed of solar cells.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen still in the eco-car race

(AP) -- Hydrogen, one of Earth's most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 9

New hydrogen-storage method discovered

Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (44) | comments 15

The sun is a star when it comes to sustainable energy

At a national scientific meeting last week where biofuels - principally ethanol - were uniformly trashed as an environmental train wreck, one bright, carbon-free light gleamed in our energy future: the sun.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (25) | comments 56

Study settles 125-year debate on how nitrogen-fixing bacteria breaches cell walls of legumes

A 125-year debate on how nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to breach the cell walls of legumes has been settled. A paper to be published on Monday by John Innes Centre scientists reports that plants themselves allow bacteria ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making molecular hydrogen more efficiently

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the industrial production of chemicals, often the most indispensable element is one that you can't see, smell, or even taste. It's hydrogen, the lightest element of all.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast