30-05-2013

In an EU-funded project the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart is developing, together with industrial and scientific partners, a modular system to purify dairy wastewater electrochemically. Using an integrated fuel cell, the generated hydrogen ...

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23-05-2013

Duke University engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications. While hydrogen is ubiquitous in the environment, producing and collecting molecular hydrogen for ...

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26-04-2013

The overuse of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture can wreak havoc on waterways, health and the environment. An international team of scientists aims to lessen the reliance on these fertilizers by helping beans and similar plants boost their nitrogen production, even in areas with ...

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16-04-2013

Due to their high energy density, lithium-ion batteries are used in many commercial electronic appliances. They are also believed to exhibit no memory effect. That’s how experts call a deviation in the voltage of the battery that can limit the usability of the stored energy as well as the ...

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Basic University of Oregon research shows promise in efforts to get hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water

22-03-2013

University of Oregon chemists say that ultra-thin films of nickel and iron oxides made through a solution synthesis process are promising catalysts to combine with semiconductors to make devices that capture sunlight and convert water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Researchers in the Solar ...

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13-03-2013

Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct electricity, according to a study to be published in the journal of the American Society for Microbiology. In nature, the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens uses these nanowires, called pili, to transport ...

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07-03-2013

A new way of preparing iron-nanoparticle catalysts, which could play an important role in converting greenhouse gases to useful organic compounds, has been developed by UK scientists. The catalyst comprises iron nanoparticles supported on carbon nanotubes. While such chemical architectures ...

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08-02-2013

A new form of clean coal technology reached an important milestone recently, with the successful operation of a research-scale combustion system at Ohio State University. The technology is now ready for testing at a larger scale. For 203 continuous hours, the Ohio State combustion unit ...

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27-11-2012

Pipes made from plastics have advantages compared to those made from other materials such as aluminum, concrete, cast iron, copper, and steel. Due to their low weight, their resistance to corrosive effects and chemicals as well as the simple handling increases their importance in all ...

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Scientists have now developed a high-performance material by mixing iron and selenium

02-11-2012

Physicists describe how they have synthesized a new material that belongs to the iron-selenide class of superconductors, called LixFe2Se2(NH3)y, in a paper about to be published in EPJ B. The work was carried out by Ernst-Wilhelm Scheidt from the University of Augsburg and colleagues. This ...

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