Energy, fuels and sustainable energy – Page 23
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Reactor offers solution to plastic pollution
Compact system turns waste plastic into fuels, allowing boats to power themselves while cleaning up the ocean
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Wooden windows could make better buildings
Scientists in China have turned wood into a transparent material that could be a replacement for glass
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Catalyst fuels hydrogen car vision
Platinum–molybdenum carbide expedites hydrogen formation from water and methanol
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Squeezing the last of the sulfur from fuels
Simple reaction that removes almost all sulfur from diesel would help to cut emissions that cause acid rain
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Bromide makes the potential difference to flow battery chemistry
A twist on redox flow battery chemistry affords record performance
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Solar reactor splits carbon dioxide into fuel
Ceria redox cycling converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen with total selectivity
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Opinion
Why patents will shape the future of battery science
Chemical innovations could lead to new approaches to intellectual property
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Opinion
Taking the nuclear option
If the UK is to leave Euratom then it needs to quickly take advice from the community
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News
BP research fund being put to good use in Gulf of Mexico
Nearly seven years after Deepwater Horizon, the independent research programme BP created is laying a good foundation for the future
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Best of both worlds solar cell sets new efficiency record
Device combines silicon and perovskite technologies and exceeds previous tandem cell performances
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Biofuels from cedar oil get diamond performance upgrade
Tricyclic sesquiterpanes and alkyl diamondoids give renewable fuels the potential to outperform conventional fuels
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Buy one get one free for energy storage
Researchers combine electricity storage and hydrogen production, enabling energy to be stored both short- and long-term
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Politics threatens state-of-the-art carbon capture plant in Spain
The CIUDEN CCS plant can only afford to run for a single month in 2017
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Film printed by the metre can cool homes without any power
Material can reflect sun’s ray and emit heat for cheap air conditioning
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Biological fuel cell could power cleaner ammonia production
Harnessing nitrogenase enzyme makes key fertiliser material while generating electricity
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Scientists condemn UK plan to leave European nuclear agency
Leaving Euratom could ruin international research projects and hold up nuclear power plant development
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Car makers bet on hydrogen at Davos
New Hydrogen Council will promote alternatives to fossil fuels