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Berkeley Lab Researchers Create a Nano-Sized Photocatalyst for Making Fuel by Artificial Photosynthesis

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have now taken a critical step towards making fuel from artificial photosynthesis with the discovery that nano-sized crystals of cobalt oxide can effectively carry out the critical photosynthetic reaction of splitting water molecules

11 Mar 2009

Long Platinum Nanowires Could Speed The Development of Practical Fuel Cells for Cars and Trucks

Researchers from New York are reporting production of the longest platinum nanowires ever made - an advance that they say could speed development of fuel cells for cars, trucks, and other everyday uses

11 Mar 2009

Better Fuel Cells Set To Be A Commercial Reality Due To Nanowires

The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells by providing significant increases in both the longevity and efficiency

11 Mar 2009

Honda Insight Becomes Most Affordable New Hybrid Vehicle in the US

The all-new 2010 Honda Insight goes on sale in the U.S. on March 24 with a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,800 for the Insight LX

11 Mar 2009

Using Artificial Photosynthesis to Create Fuels From Air and Water

For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial version of photosynthesis that can be used to produce liquid fuels from carbon dioxide and water

10 Mar 2009

Renewable Energy Being Developed for Ethanol Industry

Researchers from Iowa State University, Frontline BioEnergy and Hawkeye Energy Holdings are using a grant from the Iowa Power Fund to develop new burner and catalyst technologies to efficiently produce ethanol and provide clean, renewable power for heating and drying equipment

10 Mar 2009

Researchers Looking to Produce Clean Renewable ENergy With Low Emissions Burner and Ethanol Production Catalyst

Iowa State University researchers are working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a new, low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production

9 Mar 2009

Super Thin Solar Panels May Be The Result of Nanotechnology Research That Has Increased the Efficiency of Electron Transport

Boston College researchers have developed a titanium nanostructure that provides an expanded surface area and demonstrates much greater efficiency in the transport of electrons that could lead to much thinner solar panels

3 Mar 2009

Conservation Oriented Community Looks to Sustainable Development for the New Lodge

Blackhawk on the River, a conservation-oriented residential community, announced today that is taking its sustainable development philosophy and putting it to work with the construction of their new River Lodge

2 Mar 2009

Penn State Researchers Turn Carbon Dioxide into Methane Fuel Using the Sun

At Penn State, a team of researchers led by Craig Grimes has come up with an ingenious method of turning captured CO2 into methane, a combustible fuel, using the energy of the sun

2 Mar 2009