All Articles Tagged As: hydrogen

Hydrogen tank lighter than battery (11/10/2008)

Top hydrogen-absorbing metal alloy 60 percent lighter than battery ...> Full Article

Researchers meet major hydrogen milestone (9/19/2008)

A team of scientists have reached a major milestone with the successful production of hydrogen through High-Temperature Electrolysis (HTE). ...> Full Article

New process extracts pure hydrogen from contaminant in unrefined oil (8/27/2008)

A commercial-scale process to extract and reuse pure hydrogen from the hydrogen sulfide that naturally contaminates unrefined oil, including oil sands, is one step closer to reality ...> Full Article

A Better Way To Make Hydrogen From Biofuels (8/21/2008)

Researchers here have found a way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen very efficiently ...> Full Article

Engineer Taps Heat-Loving Bacteria for Hydrogen (8/1/2008)

Learning how heat-loving bacteria called thermotogales produce large amounts of hydrogen with unusually high efficiencies ...> Full Article

Researchers generate hydrogen without the carbon footprint (7/16/2008)

A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy ...> Full Article

Synthetic Molecules Emulate Enzyme Behavior For The First Time (7/4/2008)

Chemists have created a synthetic catalyst that can fold its molecular structure into a specific shape for a specific job, similar to natural catalysts. ...> Full Article

Microspheres to carry hydrogen, deliver drugs, filter gases and detect nuclear development (6/9/2008)

Researchers unveil permeable, pourable glass 'microballoons' ...> Full Article

Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound (5/19/2008)

A materials scientist has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen within its crystal structure for later release ...> Full Article

Promising new material for hydrogen storage (4/14/2008)

Lithium based material may be useful in hydrogen storage ...> Full Article

Algae could one day be major hydrogen fuel source (4/2/2008)

As gas prices continue to soar to record highs, motorists are crying out for an alternative that won't cramp their pocketbooks. ...> Full Article

Researchers test find near-zero emissions for BMW Hydrogen 7 (3/31/2008)

Independent tests conducted by engineers on the mono-fueled version of the BMW Hydrogen 7 prototype have found that the car's hydrogen-powered engine surpasses the super-ultra low-emission vehicle (SULEV) level, the most stringent emissions performance standard to date. ...> Full Article

Researchers unravel the secrets of spider silk's strength (3/26/2008)

The strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dissipate energy ...> Full Article

Efficient Catalysts for Making Oxygen for 'Artificial Photosynthesis' (3/11/2008)

Research could lead to more efficient, cleaner hydrogen production ...> Full Article

Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen (2/20/2008)

Plants trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn State researchers have a proof-of-concept device that can split water and produce recoverable hydrogen. ...> Full Article

Promising material for hydrogen storage (12/13/2007)

A Swedish research team led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja has reported a highest hydrogen capacity for the hydrogen storage material called metal-organic framework-5 (MOF-5) . These findings are being published in this week's Net edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). ...> Full Article

Researchers fuelling the 'hydrogen economy' (11/27/2007)

Scientists are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to produce. ...> Full Article

Clean, carbon-neutral hydrogen on the horizon (11/14/2007)

Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally friendly fuel source may be closer than we think. ...> Full Article

Scientists Discover Record-Breaking Hydrogen Storage Materials (11/13/2007)

Scientists at the University of Virginia have discovered a new class of hydrogen storage materials that could make the storage and transportation of energy much more efficient - and affordable - through higher-performing hydrogen fuel cells. ...> Full Article

Researchers unlock hydrogen's secrets to spot polymorphism in pharmaceuticals (10/25/2007)

Researchers have found a new way to use solid-state NMR equipment to crack the secrets of hydrogen atoms and thus spot unwanted polymorphs in pharmaceuticals. ...> Full Article

Aluminum Alloys for Hydrogen Generation (10/12/2007)

Research group has successfully developed aluminum alloy which generates hydrogen when in contact with poured room-temperature water. ...> Full Article