Hydrogen

A new future for polyethyleneMost current plastic recycling involves chopping up the waste and repurposing it in materials with less stringent engineering requirements than the original application. Chemical decomposition at the molecular level could, in principle, lead to higher-value products. However, the carbon-carbon bonds in polyethylene, the most common plastic,…

There is just something obviously reasonable about the following notion: If all life is built from atoms that obey precise equations we know—which seems to be true—then the existence of life might just be some downstream consequence of these laws that we haven’t yet gotten around to calculating. This is…

The new Portland International Airport main terminal design rendering. Port of Portland The Port of Portland has unveiled the design plans for the new main terminal in the Portland International Airport. The design — created by architectural firm ZGF — includes aspects of nature throughout the interior. When the project…

IMAGE: as-indacenoterrylene is a bowl-shaped compound made only of hydrogen and carbon atoms that can absorb near infrared light. view more  Credit: Norihito Fukui Nagoya University researchers have synthesized a unique molecule with a surprising property: it can absorb near infrared light. The molecule is made only of hydrogen and carbon…

Scientists have created a mystery material that seems to conduct electricity without any resistance at temperatures of up to about 15 °C. That’s a new record for superconductivity, a phenomenon usually associated with very cold temperatures. The material itself is poorly understood, but it shows the potential of a class of superconductors…

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After years of unmet promises, hydrogen vehicles could finally be catching on. If so, it'll be a convoy of clean semi-trucks — not a bunch of quirky passenger cars — leading the way.The big picture: We've been hearing about zero-emission, fuel-cell vehicles for decades as the answer to our worries…

Hyundai and affiliate Kia were the world's biggest combined seller of hydrogen fuel-cell cars from January to July this year and the fourth-largest of electric cars. The Korea Automotive Technology Institute on Sunday said Hyundai and Kia sold 2,879 hydrogen vehicles in the first seven months, a 59-percent increase from…

(Bloomberg) — Chile’s government is considering ways to boost the attractiveness of green-hydrogen projects as the biggest copper-producing nation strives to become carbon neutral.“We will announce the details early November,” Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet said in an interview in Santiago. “It will come in the form of some financial…

Research continues into alternative and sustainable environmental technologies. Emerging processes include generating hydrogen from biogases; the development of methods to convert carbon dioxide into fuel; and molecular photoswitches. Sustainable energy is the goal of many research institutes focused on finding other forms power that are more environmentally friendly. Such research…