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Researchers Use Gas-Guzzling Bacteria to Tackle Methane Emissions

An International collaboration of Researchers co-led by a Monash Biologist has demonstrated that methane-oxidizing bacteria – key organisms accountable for greenhouse gas mitigation – are resilient and more flexible than formerly thought.

31 Aug 2017

HyperSolar Develops Low-Cost Catalyst to Produce Renewable Hydrogen

HyperSolar shows that if expensive platinum material components are replaced with new, low-cost carbon/ruthenium/nitrogen-based hydrogen evolution catalyst, significant cost reduction can be achieved.

30 Aug 2017

Photosynthesis-Based Discovery Could Pave Way for More Efficient Artificial Solar Cells

According to a team of Researchers at Georgia State University, more efficient artificial solar cells could be designed using a natural process that occurs during photosynthesis.

30 Aug 2017

New Method for Selective Solar Absorbers that Display High-Performance and Durability

A team of researchers led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, together with colleagues at the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, and Stanford University have created a new, scalable, and low-cost “dip and dry” technique for fabricating a very efficient selective solar absorber (SSA) that can harness and convert sunlight to heat for use in a broad range of energy-related applications, from heating water and producing steam to residential heating.

29 Aug 2017

Producing Hydrogen from Water Through Solar Water Splitting

Metal oxides are highly favorable for producing stable and inexpensive photoelectrodes for solar water splitting by using sunlight to produce hydrogen. However, metal oxides are not so efficient in carrying out the process.

29 Aug 2017

New Study Shows Methane Leaks Around North Sea Boreholes

Boreholes present in the North Sea could possibility comprise of a significantly more vital source of methane, a strong greenhouse gas, than earlier thought. This has been established by a new study of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel recently featured in the international peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology.

29 Aug 2017

New Strategies to Further Enhance Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

Photovoltaic conversion is considered to be the ultimate solution to the mankind's constantly growing demand for energy, yet the standard silicon-based solar cells are costly to produce, and the production itself deals with intensive energy consumption.

29 Aug 2017

Scientists Identify Cheaper, Greener Catalyst for Biofuels Processing

Fuels that are made from non-petroleum-based biological sources could soon become greener and more affordable, as a result of the research performed at the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute that analyzes the use of a processing catalyst created from palladium metal and bacteria.

28 Aug 2017

Researchers Use Lignin to Create Carbon Fiber for Cars and Planes

Using trees and plants to create products such as ethanol or paper leaves behind a deposit called lignin, a component of plant cell walls. Lignin is not very useful and regularly gets burned or tossed into landfills.

24 Aug 2017

Stretchable Fuel Cells Extracting Energy from Sweat are Capable of Powering Electronics

Stretchable fuel cells capable of extracting energy from sweat and also powering electronics, such as Bluetooth radios and LEDs, have been developed by a team of engineers.

23 Aug 2017

'Coffee-Ring Effect' Applied to Provide Fast, Cost-Effective Analysis of Tap Water

“What is in your water?” has become a progressively anxious question for many people in the U.S. and other regions of the world. An answer for that is neither easy nor cheap. Recently, researchers are reporting that they are applying the familiar “coffee-ring effect” to test multiple components in one drop of water easily, quickly and inexpensively. And in the future, the public could use the technique to analyze the tap water they are using.

23 Aug 2017

Large-Scale Farming of Cyanobacteria Could Provide a New Source of Biofuel

One might not cook with this sugar, but from a biofuels viewpoint, it is very sweet. A class of three single-celled, algae-like organisms has been patented by a Bay Area company which when grown together releases high amounts of sugar that is just right for producing biofuels.

22 Aug 2017