In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an intensive, high-energy process that outweighs ...
Nanophysics
Nov 12, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University, Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, the University of Rome and the National Research Council in Italy recently made a discovery about the non-uniform chemical compositions ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 10, 2009
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NASA on Thursday delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery until 0359 GMT Saturday so mission specialists could review tests on a faulty valve, the US space agency said.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2009
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(AP) -- NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, the second day in a row the liftoff was scrubbed, this time because of a bad fuel valve.
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2009
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Biodiesel is not likely to replace gasoline as the main source of transportation fuel in most of our lifetimes. But researchers at Wake Forest University are convinced that they have a formula for a catalyst that could lower ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 4, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are ...
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel technology for synthesising chemicals from plant material could produce liquid fuel for just over €0.50 ($0.65) a liter, say German scientists. But only if the infrastructure is set up in the right ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2009
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An external fuel tank manufactured to propel explorers and equipment into space was tilted toward the heavens via a different mechanism Friday morning but fell one step short of mission accomplished.
Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2024
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Global CO2 emissions continue to grow, reaching 36.1 Gt in 2022, stimulating the implementation of carbon taxes and impacting energy use. The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to produce high value-added chemicals ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 19, 2023
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A research group led by Prof. Wang Suli and Prof. Sun Gongquan from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) constructed uneven phosphoric acid interfaces within the nanofiber ...
Polymers
Feb 9, 2023
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