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Making Better Plants for Food and Fuel

Posted: 05/25/2012 - 9:06am

Scientists from Wageningen University in the Netherlands have concluded that it is possible to develop plants that produce even more food and fuel by reducing the level of pigments.

New Life for a Good Old Solar Cell Idea

Posted: 05/24/2012 - 2:08am

New Life for a Good Old Solar Cell Idea

The GrÃ¤tzel solar cell uses a molecular dye sensitized to absorb sunlight and convert it to electricity.Â Itâ€™s a good concept that simply wonâ€™t last, they typically wonâ€™t last more than 18 months, making them commercially unviable. Researchers have been looking for alternatives for two decades.

Blacklight Power Announces Six Validations

Posted: 05/23/2012 - 8:04am

In six separate independent studies leading scientists from academia and industry with PhDs from prestigious universities including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology, confirm that BlackLight has achieved a technological breakthrough with its CIHT (Catalyst-Induced-Hydrino-Transition) clean energy generating process and cell.

An End to a Bad Nuclear Era In America in Sight

Posted: 05/22/2012 - 9:43am

There was a brief sense of relief when news reports had it Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko is resigning, onl

A Better Gasoline Engine

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 10:13am

Delphi is developing an engine fuel injection technology that could improve the fuel economy of gas-powered cars by 50 percent, potentially rivaling the performance of hybrid vehicles at less cost. Their test engine based on the technology is similar in some ways to a highly efficient diesel engine, but runs on gasoline.

The Scots Get Tidal Power Underway

Posted: 05/18/2012 - 2:02am

Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) installation of a 1MW HS1000 tidal turbine developed by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, installed in December 2011 has since been undergoing tests in the tidal waters around Orkney.

First Shot Fired In the Algae War

Posted: 05/17/2012 - 8:41am

Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a pair of bills recognizing so-called â€œalgacultureâ€ following passage in the Arizona state legislature that will see the Grand Canyon State encourage and support the algae industry. Arizona is the second American state, after Ohio, to classify the algae industry as agriculture.

An Engineered Virus Makes Electricity

Posted: 05/15/2012 - 2:15am

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity using the piezoelectric effect, creating a new way to generate electric power.

The milestone could lead to tiny devices that harvest electrical energy from the vibrations of everyday tasks, something that could charge your phone as you walk for example.

Cheaper Hydrogen Gas With a New Electro Catalyst

Posted: 05/14/2012 - 3:09am

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new lower cost electro catalyst that addresses the cost problems by generating hydrogen gas from water cleanly and with much more affordable materials.

More Time and Funds For Bussardâ€™s IEC Fusion

Posted: 05/11/2012 - 3:11am

The info sharks at Talk Polywell have found the U.S Navy is extending and it seems funding Dr. Robert Bussardâ€™s IEC fusion theory at EMC2 with the eighth device called the WB-8.Â The break out for the information came from Brian Wangâ€™s NextBigFuture site.