March 12th, 2010
Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working on a system that uses small amounts of otherwise waste energy to convert water into hydrogen fuel. The process is simple and recycles waste that wouldn’t be used ordinarily.
“This study provides a simple and cost-effective technology for direct water splitting that may generate hydrogen fuels by [...]
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February 19th, 2010
Unless you are living under a rock you know that one o the biggest discussion points over the last decade revolve around finding alternative fuel and energy sources. Recently, scientists in France have been able to generate a chemical energy by use of Photosynthesis. Their discovery created a biofuel cell that might lead to conversion [...]
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November 21st, 2009
Frist off, let’s explain what a “wave energy system” is. At first read you probably think this has something to do with radio, gamma, or whatever type of wave in some sort of
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May 16th, 2009
Out of Washington University in St. Louis, a new bimetallic fuel cell catalyst is being developed that is said to be two to five times more effective than current commercial catalysts. The new catalyst is robust and much more efficient than the current wholesale catalysts currently in use.
Younan Xia, Ph.D., the James M. McKelvey [...]
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January 6th, 2009
During the oil crisis of the 1970’s the U.S. government provided funding for research evaluating the prospects of new fuel sources derived from terrestrial plants such as corn and soybeans, as well as algae. When prices dropped, and the uproar started to die down, so did the funding for such research.
Now that we are all [...]
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November 25th, 2008
A University of Michigan engineer has been able to emulate fish technology to produce a renewable source of energy from slow water currents. These potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows are being used with the help of fish observation to produce usable energy.
Michael Bernitsas, a professor in the U-M Department of Naval Architecture and Marine [...]
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