Toyota Volta Hybrid Sportscar
While Toyota's supremacy in the current hybrid car market is undeniable, they're going to have to keep up the innovation if they're going to...
Hyatt plans to put Tesla roadster recharging stations in 3 hotels
Electric car lovers willing to spend nearly $100,000 on the new Tesla Motors roadster will have some swanky places to plug it in.
Hyatt will...
Minesotta turning biomass into hydrogen
An efficient, super-fast new method of turning waste biomass into hydrogen has been developed by scientists in Minnesota, US. The researchers say it could...
Geothermal power – hot energy right under our feet
Converting geothermal heat into electricity by pouring water onto hot rocks underground and using the steam to turn turbines is arguably the most promising - and renewable - source of "green" energy on the planet. So concludes the MIT experts' report, released on Monday, which examines what geothermal energy could do for the US in the 21st century.
A new catalyst can split carbon dioxide gas
Tom Simonite, www.newscientist.com
A new catalyst that can split carbon dioxide gas could allow us to use carbon from the atmosphere as a fuel source...
The problem of storing pressurized hydrogen
The thorny problem of how to store hydrogen fuel safely for future vehicles and portable gadgets could be solved by simply storing it in...
Make hydrogen from Borohydride
Within a few years, laptops and other energy-guzzling portable devices could run on long-lasting, easily recharged fuel cells based on a safe and practical...
Exfoliation used to produce cheaper and lighter solar cells
An ultra-thin solar cell that could provide a cheaper, lighter alternative to existing devices has been created by researchers in the US.
James Zahler from...
A fuel cell that automatically throttles its power
A fuel cell that efficiently regulates its own power output based on the amount of hydrogen it is fed has been developed by US...
NASA using hydrogen fuel cells
Astronauts have been using them for power aboard spacecraft since the 1960s. Soon, perhaps, they'll be just as common on Earth--powering cars, trucks, laptop...
