Applied Sciences

A new way to make valuable chemicals and more affordable green fuel from solar power, bacteria and carbon dioxide could be truly transformative for our society if it works on a commercial scale, says microbiologist Derek Lovley, head of a research group developing the method at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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A scientific first can be claimed by Kansas State University's David Wetzel, professor of grain science and industry, and Yong-Cheng Shi, associate professor in grain science and industry, and their colleague John Reffner, professor of chemistry at John Jay College, City University of New York.
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Hydrogen would command a key role in future renewable energy technologies, experts agree, if a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing it can be developed. An important step towards this elusive goal has been taken by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley.
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Researchers at the University of South Florida have developed a technique to turn defects in graphene into tiny metallic wires. The team lead by USF Professors Matthias Batzill and Ivan Oleynik, whose discovery was published..
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