British scientists on Thursday unveiled a toilet that unlocks energy stored within urine to generate electricity, which they hope could be used to light remote places such as refugee camps.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 5, 2015
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For years, scientists have been pursuing "artificial leaf" technology, a green approach to making hydrogen fuel that copies plants' ability to convert sunlight into a form of energy they can use. Now, one team reports progress ...
Nanophysics
Dec 3, 2014
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Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) are a step closer to enhancing the generation of clean energy from bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 18, 2014
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Mobile lighting systems powered by hydrogen fuel cells are cleaner, quieter and now have a proven track record in applications such as nighttime construction, sports and entertainment events and airport operations, making ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 30, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The University of Delaware's Yushan Yan believes that electrochemical energy engineering is the key to reducing humankind's reliance on combustion as the dominant player in energy conversion.
Materials Science
May 30, 2014
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You can quickly run out of fingers and toes counting the many ways we waste energy. Take our sewage systems, for example: The energetic content of wastewater is about 10 times the amount of energy it takes to process it. ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 29, 2014
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(Phys.org) —When it comes to making catalysts that quickly snap chemical bonds and free the stored energy, researchers often focus on the active site. However, small changes far from the active site can also have a large ...
Materials Science
May 22, 2014
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Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) were the belles of the ball at recent auto shows in Los Angeles and Tokyo, and researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) continue to play ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 25, 2014
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A team of Harvard researchers showed that the commonly found bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located remotely in soil and sediment while remaining at the surface, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2014
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Fuel cells convert chemical energy stored in fuel into electricity without combustion. They hold great promise as a clean energy alternative to fossil fuels because they use mostly hydrogen gas, and their only byproducts ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 26, 2014
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