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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

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

Liquid saltwater is likely present on Mars, new analysis shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 6

Could an Aqua-Net Bring Water to the Desert?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenges of the future include energy use and continued population growth. And, while there are millions of square miles of land available in the world, not all of it is considered fit for ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (24) | comments 19 | with audio podcast weblog

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

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

Crocodiles ride ocean currents to travel the high seas

University of Queensland ecologists have unlocked the mystery of how salt-water crocodiles cross large stretches of the sea despite being poor swimmers - they like to surf.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Blue energy' seems feasible and offers considerable benefits

Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy - 'blue energy' or 'blue electricity' - is enormous. However, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Microbial oasis discovered beneath the Atacama Desert

Two metres below the surface of the Atacama Desert there is an 'oasis' of microorganisms. Researchers from the Center of Astrobiology (Spain) and the Catholic University of the North in Chile have found it ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers kick-start ancient DNA

Binghamton University researchers recently revived ancient bacteria trapped for thousands of years in water droplets embedded in salt crystals.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water

(AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Do lava lamps and actual lava share similar characteristics?

When Imre Jánosi's teenage daughter asked him how her new lava lamp worked, she probably expected a quick explanation. But her innocent question sent Jánosi, a physicist at Loránd ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Newly discovered group of algae live in both fresh water and ocean

A team of biologists has discovered an entirely new group of algae living in a variety of marine and freshwater environments. This group of algae, which the researchers dubbed "rappemonads," have DNA that ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Creatures not adapting to environmental changes in Antarctic, study finds

Organisms found in the Antarctic region are not quick to adapt to changes in the environment, new international research shows. The study, carried out by 200 scientists from 15 countries, is the culmination ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Waxy plant substance key for absorption of water, nutrients

(PhysOrg.com) -- While proving a long-held theory that suberin blocks water and nutrient absorption in plants, a Purdue University scientist learned more about manipulating the substance to better feed plants.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0