Nuclear fusion is 15 years away from reality, say MIT engineers
FUSION power – the clean energy technology wryly said to always be 30 years from reality – could ...
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Trialling hydrogen in the UK gas network
AN ENERGY trial at Keele University, UK, will assess the feasibility of adding hydrogen to the ga...
Toyota magnet cuts need for rare earth elements
TOYOTA has developed a new magnet for electric car motors that requires less neodymium than conve...
Solar reactor uses storage to produce fuel day and night
A SOLAR reactor has been developed that can store thermal energy to produce fuel around the clock...
Printed hydrogel makes drug testing more efficient
ENGINEERS have devised a way to make drug testing more efficient and affordable. The new drug dis...
Extracting lithium from water using synthetic membranes
A metal-organic framework (MOF) has been developed that can extract lithium from water, which cou...
Highly efficient ammonia synthesis with new catalyst
A CATALYST has been developed for synthesising ammonia that is around 100 times more efficient th...
New densified wood is as strong as steel
ENGINEERS at the University of Maryland have developed a way to make wood more than ten times str...
3D printing of living cells using in-air microfluidics
A TECHNIQUE has been developed that allows two fluids to be combined mid-air by using two jets of...
Fission reactor in development for future space travel
A PROTOTYPE nuclear fission reactor is currently being tested as part of NASA’s Kilopower project...
Green steel process given go ahead for testing at pilot scale
AN INDUSTRIAL consortium in Sweden will build a pilot plant to test a steel production process th...
New catalyst for hydrogen production
A CATALYST composed of nickel and iron has been developed that will make the production of hydrog...
Using LEGO bricks for microfluidics
RESEARCHERS at MIT have simplified the process of creating microfluidics prototypes by building t...
UCL, Tufts find new catalyst to turn shale gas into fuel
A NEW platinum and copper alloy catalyst developed at University College London, UK, and Tufts Un...
Catalyst turns nitrate pollution into water and N2
RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed a nanoparticle catalyst that converts hazardou...
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