Scientists at ETH Zurich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that converts CO and hydrogen into methanol. Offering realistic market potential, the technology paves th... Read more
Powering clean, efficient cars is just one way fuel cell technology could accelerate humanity into a sustainable energy future, but unfortunately, the technology has been a bit sluggish. Now... Read more
A new catalyst created by U of T Engineering researchers brings them one step closer to artificial photosynthesis — a system that, just like plants, would use renewable energy to convert car... Read more
Technology marries light-harvesting nanoantennas to high-reaction-rate catalysts In a find that could transform some of the world’s most energy-intensive manufacturing processes, researchers... Read more
Results Suggest a More Efficient Way to Convert Solar and Wind Power to Renewable Fuels With a combination of theory and clever, meticulous gel-making, scientists from the Department of Ener... Read more
‘Green’ process runs on sunlight Sandia National Laboratories researchers seeking to make hydrogen a less expensive fuel for cars have upgraded a catalyst nearly as cheap as dirt — molybdenu... Read more
A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — to carbon monoxide w... Read more
RESEARCHERS NOW OPTIMIZING CHEAP, EASY-TO-MAKE ALTERNATIVE Researchers from South Korea, Case Western Reserve University and University of North Texas have discovered an inexpensive and easi... Read more
In a lab in Princeton University’s ultra-sleek chemistry building, researchers toil in a modern-day hunt for an elusive power: alchemy. Throughout the centuries, alchemists tried in vain to... Read more
Slashing Costs of Metal Alloys Needed to Jump-Start Crucial Chemical Processes When you hear the word hydrogenation, you might think of Crisco or margarine — plant oils made thicker an... Read more
Although wave power is attracting a lot of attention as a renewable energy source, it is possible to generate power from still water. All you need is an electrolyzer, which separates water i... Read more
Image via Wikipedia MIT’s Angela Belcher, has engineered a virus so that it captures light energy and uses it to catalyze the splitting of water, a first step in a possible new way to... Read more
