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Unique salt allows energy production to move inland

Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but now, using an ammonium bicarbonate salt solution, Penn State researchers can combine bacterial ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Self-assembling structures open door to new class of materials

Researchers at the University of Illinois and Northwestern University have demonstrated bio-inspired structures that self-assemble from simple building blocks: spheres.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

BYU's electric streamliner hums quickly, quietly over Salt Flats

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brigham Young University student engineers spent six years designing and building an electric streamliner, a special kind of racecar designed for straight-ahead speed. It achieved speeds of ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Could salt crusts be key ingredient in cooking up prebiotic molecules?

German scientists investigating the complex chemical mixture thought to be present in the early Earth’s oceans have found that amino acids can be 'cooked' into many other important chemical building blocks ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Salt and Paper Battery May One Day Replace Lithium Batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Salt and paper battery can be used in many low-power devices, such as medical implants, RFID tags, wireless sensors and smart cards. This battery uses a thin-film which makes it an attractive ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 6 weblog

Renewable Energy Made by Mixing Salt and Fresh Water

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a river flows into the sea, the location is more than just a haven for water commerce. The mixing of fresh and salt water that occurs at an estuary also dissipates energy, as the different ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 6 feature

Wastewater produces electricity and desalinates water

A process that cleans wastewater and generates electricity can also remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater, according to an international team of researchers from China and the U.S.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles

A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Salt Water System Could Generate Hydrogen

(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of generating hydrogen from salt water has often been claimed to work effectively. However, the systems proposed so far generally require a much greater energy input than the energy ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (33) | comments 18 weblog