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Titanium ‘leaf’ could unlock secrets of hydrogen power

If you want to impress your friends with a little-known but totally epic acronym it is “AIL” the Artificial Inorganic Leaf. This week, thousands of scientists descended upon San Francisco for the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, and one of the papers they heard was on AIL technology presented by a research team [...] [...]

Termite power: the secret to a green energy future?

Photo by Diego Lafuente Cellulose is the most abundant naturally occurring molecule on the planet, a potentially limitless feed stock for the production of fuels like ethanol and hydrogen. But unless you are a termite, breaking down cellulose into fuel is next to impossible.   Because our cellulosic ethanol technology is so primitive, the biofuel industry currently relies on [...] [...]