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Environment Feb 18, 2022

Review of technologies that repurpose carbon finds most aren't Paris Agreement compatible

As the climate crisis becomes more immediate, carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology has been touted as part of the solution. The process involves harnessing carbon dioxide from emissions or the atmosphere and repurposing ...

Plants & Animals Feb 10, 2022

How guard cell chloroplasts obtain energy

Whether Guard Cells (GCs) carry out photosynthesis has been debated for decades. Earlier studies suggested that guard cell chloroplasts (GCCs) cannot fix CO2 but later studies argued otherwise. Until recently, it has remained ...

Materials Science Feb 3, 2022

New catalysts steer hydrogen fuel cells into mainstream

Cornell chemists have discovered a class of nonprecious metal derivatives that can catalyze fuel cell reactions about as well as platinum, at a fraction of the cost.

Optics & Photonics Jan 14, 2022

Light could boost performance of fuel cells, lithium batteries and other devices

Engineers from MIT and Kyushu University in Japan have demonstrated for the first time that light can be used to significantly improve the performance of fuel cells, lithium batteries and other devices that are based on the ...

Materials Science Jan 10, 2022

Rainwater-driven microbial fuel cells for power generation in remote areas

In a new report now published on Royal Society Open Science, Mohammed Taha Amen and a team of scientists in bio-nanosystem engineering, chemical engineering and microbiology at the Chonbuk National University of South Korea, ...

Nanomaterials Dec 22, 2021

Fueling the future with new perovskite-related oxide-ion conductors

Stable and high oxide-ion conductors based on a new hexagonal perovskite-related oxide has been reported by scientists at Tokyo Tech, Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co. Ltd. and Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ...

Materials Science Dec 17, 2021

Activating lattice oxygen in perovskite oxide to optimize fuel cell performance

To optimize the performance of fuel cells, a golden ratio must be found. Recently, a Korean research team has uncovered that the performance of fuel cells varies depending on the Co-doping level. Finding the optimal ratio ...

Materials Science Nov 30, 2021

Investigating new materials to reduce the operation temperature of solid oxide fuel cells

Researchers at TU Wien are investigating new materials that can be used to reduce the operation temperature of solid oxide fuel cells. To do so, they apply an innovative method.

Cell & Microbiology Nov 18, 2021

Decades of research show common stem cells could fuel advances in regenerative medicine

Could naturally occurring stem cells throughout the body hold the key to unlocking the next generation of advances in regenerative medicine?

Materials Science Nov 17, 2021

New technique improves conversion of carbon dioxide into liquid fuels

Carbon dioxide (CO2), a product of burning fossil fuels and the most prevalent greenhouse gas, has the potential to be sustainably converted back into useful fuels. A promising route for turning CO2 emissions into a fuel ...

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