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Chemistry World
December 9, 2013
Jon Cartwright |
Micromotors clean polluted water Researchers in Germany have invented micromotors that can propel themselves through water while degrading organic pollutants.   |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2015
James Urquhart |
Micromotor catalyst powers up hydrogen production Self-propelled micromotors have for the first time catalyzed a reaction that efficiently releases pure hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing salt solution. |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2013
Emily Skinner |
Potato powered biomotors are cheap as chips Enzyme rich potato tissue can be used to cheaply and quickly mass produce bubble powered millimotors, new research shows. |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2012
Holly Sheahan |
Micromotors with built in compasses A collaboration between scientists in Germany and Singapore has produced a micromotor that can be controlled by a magnetic field. |
Technology Research News
May 4, 2005 |
Nano Pyramids Boost Fuel Cells Researchers have devised a way to make iridium surfaces that are extremely finely textured. The surface is textured with pyramids which increases the available surface area of the metal. The increased surface area speeds the catalytic reaction that breaks down ammonia to extract hydrogen. |
Chemistry World
May 1, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Hydrogen fuel tank gets cooler and cleaner Scientists have improved the performance of ammonia borane as a hydrogen storage material - making it more practical for a fuel tank in hydrogen-powered vehicles. |
Chemistry World
January 10, 2013
Holly Sheahan |
Manipulating microswimmers US scientists have found a way to control the direction of microscopic swimming robots using lasers. This is the first time that anyone has used a method like this to control a microscale particle in solution, they say. |
Technology Research News
May 18, 2005 |
Catalyst Boosts Gasoline Fuel Cells Researchers have come up with a catalyst layer that can be put over a conventional anode to reform the fuel within the fuel cell. This allows hydrocarbons like gasoline to be used directly in fuel cells. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 62 |
Alumination at last! More powerful solid rocket fuel could be the product of research into a new class of compounds containing aluminum and hydrogen compounds, according to an international research team. |
Chemistry World
May 31, 2013
Charlie Quigg |
Splitting the sea Scientists in Australia are closer to harvesting hydrogen from two of the most abundant and naturally occurring resources in our environment -- seawater and sunlight. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2007
Lewis Brindley |
Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale. |
National Defense
August 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Power Homes, Vehicles in Japan Next year, companies including Panasonic, Toshiba and Toyota will begin selling residential fuel cell systems across the nation, says Hisashi Yano, director of the Japan Hydrogen Fuel Cell demonstration park. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Powered by Pellets New hydrogen storage mechanism could fuel tomorrow's cars. |
Chemistry World
October 2011 |
Fuelling the Future Fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat to battery and hybrid power in recent years. But hydrogen still holds promise in the long term. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
One-Tank Trips Some fuel-cell-powered cars can last 300 miles between fuelings. |
Chemistry World
March 14, 2013
Mark Peplow |
Hydrogen's false economy Hydrogen will undoubtedly find transport niches, but talk of hydrogen powering a substantial proportion of the planet's billion cars (and counting) is driven more by techno-optimism than evidence. |
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. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Fuel Cell Industry Gains Traction Opportunity grows with increased desire for energy efficiency and awareness of climate change. |
Salon.com
September 24, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hydrotopia Say goodbye to fossil fuels. Author and environmentalist Jeremy Rifkin explains why hydrogen is the next great power source. |
National Defense
September 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Army Explores Alternative Ways to Add Power on Battlefields Several military laboratories are looking into fuel cell technology to give soldiers the extra juice they need to operate equipment loaded onto humvees and other vehicles. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Otis Port |
Hydrogen Cars Are Almost Here, But... There are still serious problems to solve, such as: Where will drivers fuel up? |
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. |
| Industrial Physicist |
Letters Letters to the editor about past articles: Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Comes of Age... Bottling the Hydrogen Genie... |
Industrial Physicist
Feb/Mar 2004
Pinkerton & Wicke |
Bottling the hydrogen genie If hydrogen is to replace gasoline for road transport, a means to store useful quantities of hydrogen on-board the vehicle must be found. Storage as a liquid, as a gas, or in metal hydrides all have serious limitations. |
Popular Mechanics
November 4, 2009
Erik Sofge |
Why the Hydrogen Feud Needs to End: Analysis Perhaps it's a sign of progress that the federal government is skirmishing not over whether to pursue alternative fuels, but over how many such technologies are worth investing in. Still, the hydrogen debate is not a healthy one. |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Fuel Cell Future in Miniature Forget Lego and Meccano; the latest techie toy for surreptitiously educating unsuspecting children has arrived -- a mini hydrogen fuel-cell-powered car, complete with its own filling station. |
National Defense
October 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Easy Access to Hydrogen Proposed A Massachusetts company believes it has perfected technology that removes a key roadblock -- the scarcity of fuel outlets -- to the widespread use of hydrogen powered automobiles. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Big Oil Doesn't Hate Hydrogen Oil companies can be nasty, sure, but alternative-energy fans have exaggerated their faults. Ignore the hype, investigate the technology, and invest accordingly. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
Rich Smith |
BMW's Hydrogen Boondoggle The "Hydrogen 7" announcement is full of hot air. Investors, before you give up entirely on hydrogen fuel cells, though, do remember that progress is being made. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
John Teresko |
The Fuel Cell Race Lift trucks have pulled ahead of cars in the race to adopt fuel cell technology. |
