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Chemistry World November 6, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Fuel Cell Converts Waste to Power One problem with fuel cells is that they produce carbon monoxide, which can gum up the works. Researchers have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature.
Chemistry World March 28, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Cracking Water with Sunlight A power plant that makes hydrogen by splitting water with concentrated sunlight launches in Spain this month. It's a glimpse into a possible carbon-free future that uses solar-driven chemical reactions to produce the gas.
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Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Tim Wogan	GM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels A new scheme for storing the energy from photovoltaic cells, in which genetically modified bacteria reduce carbon dioxide to liquid fuels with hydrogen from water-splitting, has been proposed and partially demonstrated.
Chemistry World January 23, 2008 Michael Gross	Turning Gas Into Fuel Cheaply Researchers in Japan have developed a fuel cell that can convert methane, the main component of natural gas, into methanol, a useful fuel, at moderate temperatures.
Chemistry World May 27, 2010 Simon Hadlington	A novel designer surface catalyst for oxidations Scientists in China have developed a new surface-based catalyst that can selectively oxidise carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide in the presence of hydrogen.
Chemistry World April 19, 2013 James Urquhart	Solar boost for gas power stations US researchers are developing a system that could boost the efficiency of gas-fired power plants while reducing their greenhouse emissions.
Chemistry World November 15, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Bacteria turn carbon dioxide into fuel US researchers have genetically modified bacteria to eat carbon dioxide and produce isobutyraldehyde - a precursor to several useful chemicals, including isobutanol, which has great potential as a fuel alternative to petrol.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Could Direct Solar Fuels Power Military Vehicles? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's counterpart at the Energy Department, ARPA-E, is funding a handful of initiatives aimed at creating processes to develop direct solar fuels.
IEEE Spectrum November 2011 Dave Levitan	Prospects for an Artificial Leaf Are Growing Scientists design artificial photosynthesis devices that could make hydrogen or other fuels
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Ethanol yields hydrogen Researchers have devised a way to extract hydrogen directly from ethanol, which would make for a renewable energy cycle. Ethanol is produced by converting biomass like cornstarch to sugar, then fermenting it.
Chemistry World February 25, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Biofuels Without the Blend Scientists in the US have come up with a method to recycle agricultural waste into renewable alkenes for jet and diesel fuel.
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Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Holly Sheahan	Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide A team of researchers from the University of Bath have opened up the idea of using carbon dioxide as a useful potential feedstock; a useful chemical resource rather than a troublesome waste product.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Wise & Hutchinson	The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy.
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Technology Research News October 20, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Cooler material boosts fuel cells A cathode that allows solid oxide fuel cells to operate at reduced temperaures promises to lower the cost of fuel cells, which could spur broader adoption of the technology.
National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean	Fuel Cell Technology Positioned as Viable Alternative to Generators Developers of fuel cell technologies are confident that they can answer the call for "more power on the battlefield."
Chemistry World September 23, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Catalyst improves prospects for fuel cells Chemists in the US have developed a new catalyst that could help in a key reaction used to generate hydrogen for fuel cells.
Technology Research News June 15, 2005 Kimberly Patch	Process Ups Biodiesel Efficiency Researchers have shown that it is possible to convert biomass materials like corn into fuel that could be used in diesel engines in a way that automatically separates the fuel from water.
Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin	Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.
Reactive Reports October 2007 David Bradley	An Economical Hydrogen Economy Researchers have now developed a catalyst that may be able to convert sunlight and water directly into hydrogen, in a process analogous to the photosynthesis of carbohydrates by plants using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water as the raw materials.
Chemistry World April 10, 2014 Tim Wogan	Nanocrystalline copper turns CO into fuel A new type of nanocrystalline copper electrode that catalyses the electrochemical conversion of carbon monoxide to alcohols has been demonstrated by researchers in the US.
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Chemistry World September 26, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Interview: Energy Research Lights up Both a professor of Energy and Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Daniel Nocera talks about his research into harnessing solar energy to make fuel from water.
Geotimes August 2005 John A. Turner	The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy The major issue facing United States and most other countries in the world is how to supply transportation fuel. Hydrogen, as part of a sustainable energy supply, can meet the challenge of a domestically produced energy carrier that can replace gasoline, and can additionally address carbon dioxide and other emissions.
Chemistry World July 18, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Membranes Weed Out Carbon Dioxide Chemical membranes that can capture the carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuels have been developed by scientists, who say that they are substantially more efficient than conventional membranes.
Chemistry World August 7, 2007 Simon Hadlington	The Burning Issue In an effort to clean up fossil-fuel power stations, scientists have completed a project to create ceramic straws that can produce a stream of pure oxygen from air.
Reactive Reports David Bradley	Subjective Suboxide Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are probably the best known molecules containing just carbon and oxygen, but they do form others, such as carbon suboxide (C3O2), which is one of the most stable.
Chemistry World May 2009	The artificial leaf Using sunlight to split water molecules and form hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising tactics for kicking our carbon habit.
Chemistry World November 12, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Microscope Reveals Catalyst Secrets A promising technique for watching catalysts in action could provide new insights into how they work, report scientists in the Netherlands.
Chemistry World November 2, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	How Best to Use Biomass? Researchers have developed an efficient way of turning renewable resources like vegetable oils -- and potentially biomass - into hydrogen-rich gas. The gas could be converted to synthetic fuels and industrial chemicals, or used in fuel cells.
Reactive Reports Issue 37 David Bradley	X-rays Reveal PSII Secret The possibility of using solar energy and water as a cheap source of hydrogen and oxygen is a step closer thanks to British researchers who discovered how the photosynthetic centre in a cyanobacterium works.
Technology Research News July 27, 2005	Micro fuel cell packs power Researchers have built a propane-driven fuel cell that's not much bigger than a watch battery, but lasts much longer.
National Defense August 2008 McClintock & Holbrook	Alternative Fuels: Taking A Second Look at Ammonia The search for alternative transportation fuels has led to anhydrous ammonia, a chemical widely used as a fertilizer.
Chemistry World September 19, 2014 Hugh Cowley	Quintuple bond activates small stable molecules The activation of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide by a quintuply bonded dichromium complex has been reported by a team of researchers from Germany.
Chemistry World October 3, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Nanotube catalysts improve industrial reaction A catalyst consisting of modified carbon nanotubes makes an important industrial reaction milder, safer and more selective, according to researchers in Germany.
Technology Research News February 26, 2003	Alloy lowers fuel-cell cost Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way to make fuel cells that are potentially cheaper and easier to manufacture than previous prototypes. The method is a step toward making the relatively clean energy-generating technology commercially viable.
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Chemistry World July 27, 2010 Mike Brown	Bright ideas to develop solar fuels The US Department of Energy is financing the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, with $22 million going towards the project this year and the remainder handed out at a rate of approximately $25 million annually over the following four years.
Popular Mechanics September 11, 2009 Andrew Moseman	How to Make a (More) Environmentally Friendly Rocket Fuel Every NASA space shuttle launch leaves a huge cloud of exhaust in its wake, and some nasty chemicals lurk in the exhaust.
National Defense October 2007 Michael G. Frodl	USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal.
Chemistry World July 31, 2008	Breakthrough Catalyst for Splitting Water Scientists say they have solved a fundamental problem hampering renewable energy generation - how to split water cheaply into oxygen and hydrogen, under benign conditions, so that the gases can be stored as fuels.
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