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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gets $1.6 Million DoE Grant to Develop Faster, Cheaper Fuel Cells

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have won a $1.6 million DoE grant to develop new methods for manufacturing a key fuel cell component. The multi-year grant aims to create new technology and processes for faster, more cost-effective manufacturing of fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies

25 Mar 2009

Environmentally Friendly Hair Bleach Developed in Japan

Scientists from Japan are reporting development of what could be the world’s first "green" hair bleach, an environmentally friendly preparation for lightening the color of hair on the head and other parts of the body without the unwanted effects of the bleaches used by millions of people each year

25 Mar 2009

Researchers Use Nanotechnology to Boost the Efficiency of Solar Cells

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways

24 Mar 2009

Scientists Find That Carbon Nanostructures Can Be Used to Store Hydrogen For The Cars of the Future

Scientists have identified that carbon nanostructures can be used as catalysts to store and release hydrogen, a finding that may point researchers toward developing the right material for hydrogen storage for use in cars

24 Mar 2009

Energy Research Collaboration Between Europe and Japan Strengthened

The European Commission and Japan are going to deepen their collaboration in energy research

23 Mar 2009

Clean, Sustainable Bridge to Global Energy Future May Come From "Ice That Burns"

Natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath the arctic permafrost may fuel cars, heat homes, and power factories. Researchers are reporting these "gas hydrates" or frozen natural gas, show promise as an abundant, untapped source of clean, sustainable energy

23 Mar 2009

New Evidence Emerges For The Existence of Cold Fusion Energy and a New Energy Source

Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy

23 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Increase Efficiency of Equipment That Uses the Power of the Sun to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers find great promise in a process that could use solar energy to use hydrogen, the third most abundant element on earth's surface, as the ultimate alternative to fossil fuels. This process increase dramatically the efficiency of titania photoanodes used to convert solar energy into hydrogen in fuel cells

22 Mar 2009

Model to Protect Water Resources From Unwanted Medicines

As part of Stony Brook University's ongoing campaign to promote environmental education and advocacy, the University, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and the surrounding community are sponsoring a special pharmaceutical recycling event where residents can safely dispose of unwanted or expired medicines

22 Mar 2009