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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.
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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.
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Geotimes June 2006 Stephen L. Gillett	A Nanotechnology Revolution for the Geosciences Wastewater streams, acid-mine drainage, seawater, concentrated natural brines such as those in oilfields or saline lakes -- sometimes viewed now as problems -- all could become potential sources of materials with the help of nanotechnology.
Technology Research News December 15, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Molecule Harvests Water's Hydrogen The key to producing clean hydrogen energy is finding a non-polluting method to extract pure hydrogen from its most abundant source, water. Researchers have developed a supramolecular complex that could be used in devices that use light energy to extract hydrogen from water.
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Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Lewis Brindley	New catalyst means cheap hydrogen from power stations A new catalyst system could improve the efficiency of gas-fired power stations by producing hydrogen gas as a by-product, say Dutch researchers.
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.
Popular Mechanics August 1, 2008 Alex Hutchinson	Is MIT's Latest Solar 'Breakthrough' All Hype or a New Hope? MIT announced on Thursday afternoon a new method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, predicting that it will unleash a "solar revolution." And they're partly right.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Blood, Light, and Water Two molecules that occur naturally in blood have been engineered by scientists to use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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.
Chemistry World August 7, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Stimulus funds flow into US science, R&D Details are emerging about how the Obama administration is spending funds from the multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package enacted in February, with billions going into green vehicles and over $700 million ( 419 million) allocated to scientific research and infrastructure.
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Chemistry World October 2007 Mark Peplow	Chemistry's Big Question The way that we currently produce our energy -- for light, heat and transportation -- is clearly unsustainable. Chemistry really can save the world -- but scientists must be canny about selecting the most commercially realistic ways of achieving that.
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Chemistry World December 5, 2006 Michael Gross	Hydrogen Generation Mimics Photosynthesis Hydrogen is often touted as an environmentally-friendly fuel -- but the gas is only as clean as the method used to make it. Now, however, scientists have invented a solar-powered method for splitting water which they claim is the most efficient to date.
Chemistry World June 9, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Super sponges soak up gas Researchers in the US have shown that a recently discovered class of compound based on light elements can store gas at least as efficiently as the most promising metal organic framework candidates.
Chemistry World March 27, 2009 Rebecca Trager	US turns to science to help rebuild its economy The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to spend $1.2 billion from the recently enacted economic stimulus bill to create new jobs and bolster the nation's long-term scientific capacity.
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Supercharging methanol for fuel cells Scientists in Germany and Italy have discovered a way to derive hydrogen gas from methanol at low temperatures and pressures using soluble ruthenium-based 'pincer' catalysts.
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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 October 5, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Chemicals with an Amine Chemists in France have devised a new way to turn carbon dioxide into a useful chemical building block.
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.
Chemistry World February 27, 2011 Manisha Lalloo	Catalyst cleans up C-C bond formation Researchers in the US have developed an iridium catalyst that promotes carbon-carbon bond formation between methanol and allenes.
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.
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.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Willie D Jones	Synthetic Fuel From a Solar Collector Solar energy powers greenhouse-gas-free synthetic fuel production in Sandia experiment
Popular Mechanics September 2008	Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels The market has never looked better for alternative fuels and electric vehicles.
Chemistry World July 14, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	UK Government Unveils Energy Plans The UK government's long-awaited Energy Review contains great opportunities for chemists, but fails to pledge the research funding needed to meet the country's commitment to renewable energy.
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 May 30, 2013 Helen Potter	Soybean catalyst for hydrogen evolution A catalyst made from soybeans could overcome a major barrier to cheap hydrogen fuel by replacing the platinum catalyst used in the electrocatalytic production of hydrogen, claim scientists in the US.
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 July 11, 2013 Andria Nicodemou	Turning carbon dioxide into something useful New research shows that a water-soluble catalyst developed by scientists in the US can electrocatalytically transform carbon dioxide into a useful chemical feedstock.
Chemistry World February 27, 2015 Tim Wogan	Sun rises on new solar route to hydrogen A new, more efficient way of using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen has been developed by researchers in China and Israel.
Chemistry World December 2, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Paris climate summit yields push for clean energy A plethora of high profile clean energy initiatives have been announced on the first day of the UN-sponsored international climate summit in Paris.
Technology Research News January 15, 2003 Eric Smalley	Metal stores more hydrogen One reason the world isn't running on hydrogen fuel is that it's hard to store. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have made an accidental discovery that brings the promise of clean hydrogen energy a big step forward.
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Willie D. Jones	The Power of Pond Scum: Biodiesel and Hydrogen From Algae A start-up may have the key to boosting algae's chances as a future fuel, and scientists see a path to hydrogen production from pond scum.
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