Researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) are using biological principles as the inspiration to develop a new bionic fuel cell. Every living cell in our body can do it: covered with a thin membrane known as a cell membrane or nanomembrane, the cells can deliberately let specific substances in and out. Although it [...]

Are you tired of high priced gasoline for your car? Or perhaps worried about the environment? For years, scientists have being working on an energy alternative that holds promises to change the way we live by changing the source of fuel for some of our most basic energy-using engines. This new technology in progress is [...]

A research team from Northeastern University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered, serendipitously, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes-a residue that wasn’t even noticed before this-plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas [...]

Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert a fuel’s chemical reaction in an electrolyte directly into electrical energy from fuel (on the anode side) and an oxidant (on the cathode side). While they are similar to batteries in that they have no moving parts, batteries store their energy whereas fuel cells can produce electricity continuously [...]