News tagged with liquid fuels
Microbes produce fuels directly from biomass
A collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel directly from biomass. Deploying the tools ...
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- The genetically modified cyanobacterium consumes carbon dioxide and produces the liquid fuel isobutanol by using energy from sunlight.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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The Future in Two Words: Ionic Liquids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ionic liquids are molecular solutions that have a wide range of potential applications, including next-generation solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries.
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source
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 ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Ionic Liquid's Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale
(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 ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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NASA delays shuttle Discovery launch
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 & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Discovery valve working, countdown to resume
Initial testing on a malfunctioning valve that grounded the space shuttle Discovery is encouraging and countdown will resume Thursday ahead of the next launch attempt, NASA said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Bad valve forces NASA to call off shuttle launch
(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 & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles. However, a new University of Washington report ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Biomass as a source of raw materials
For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of fossil fuels available, renewable resources, such as specially cultivated plants, wood scraps, and other plant waste, are becoming the focus of considerable ...
May 12, 2009 |
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WFU researchers are developing a cheaper way to make biodiesel
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 ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 04, 2009 |
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Herschel satellite weighed and fuelled
(PhysOrg.com) -- About two weeks ago, Herschel was weighed to record its dry mass before the satellite was fuelled with 256 kg of liquid hydrazine. After switching it on to confirm normal function, engineers ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Turning sunlight into liquid fuels (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on March 11
(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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Unlocking wood's energy
Deftly using a pair of tweezers, Scott Geib pulls apart the insides of a yellowish, wormlike critter - the larva of a tree-devouring pest called the Asian long-horned beetle. Something in the insect's gut allows it to make ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 01, 2009 |
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