Artist's conceptualization of the hybrid nanomaterial photocatalyst that's able to generate solar energy and extract hydrogen gas from seawater.
Credit: University of Central Florida
It's possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the...
Tephras -- rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of Leeds
Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, warn scientists.
A new study, led by the University of...
This is an image of near-infrared-light-driven hydrogen evolution from water photo-driven by triruthenium photosensitizer.
Credit: Kyushu University
Hydrogen gas is a promising "green" fuel. The lightest chemical element, hydrogen is an efficient energy store and could potentially replace gasoline in vehicles....
Phil De Luna is one of the lead authors of a new paper published in Nature Chemistry that reports a low-cost, highly efficient catalyst for chemical conversion of water into oxygen. The catalyst is part of an artificial photosynthesis...
Olivine crystals containing melt inclusions (the dark spots on the interiors) sampled from the Mariana arc. These crystals were not part of this study, but illustrate what melt inclusions look like.
Credit: Photo is courtesy of Alison Shaw
Even though carbon...
Figure 1 from the press release material. Electron microscope imagery of Sn3O4 catalyst. The synthesized material is a collection of microsized (one millionth of a meter) flaky crystals.
Credit: Copyright National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Technology that allows the direct...
Supramolecular structures select spins only if they are chiral.
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science
Water is made of oxygen and hydrogen, and splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen for fuel is a promising path for alternative energy. One of the main...
SrTiO3 mesocrystal light emission.
Credit: Image courtesy of Kobe University
Hydrogen is an alternative source of energy that can be produced from renewable sources of sunlight and water. A group of Japanese researchers has developed a photocatalyst that increases hydrogen production...
Transmittance electron microscopic image of the composite photocatalyst with two components, black phosphorus (BP) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4).
Credit: Osaka University
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and is considered by many to be a potential clean...
Image of mature neurons (in red) in the hippocampus expressing the MOCOS protein (in green), the enzyme involved in purine metabolism, oxidative stress and the formation of synapses.
Credit: © Emmanuelle Lacassagne, NICN, CNRS UMR 7259
A study carried out by...
Michael Terns, left to right, and Rebecca Terns listen to postdoctoral scientist Yunzhou Wei as he talks about proteins on a slide after a purification procedure in the Terns' lab in the Davison Life Sciences Complex.
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/University...
