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Stanford team increases power of corrosion-resistant solar cells; advance for solar fuels

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Researchers at Stanford, with colleagues at University College Cork in Ireland, have shown how to increase the power of corrosion-resistant solar cells, setting a record for solar energy output under water. Four years ago, McIntyre's lab made solar cells resistant to corrosion in water. —Scheuermann et al.

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QUB spin-out to commercialize to technique for production of MOFs; storage for natural gas vehicles

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Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The technology is to be commercialized by a spin-out from the University, MOF Technologies. Example of mechanochemical production of a MOF. Pichon et al.

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Petrobras joining DIBANET biofuels consortium; diesel miscible biofuels from biomass

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DIBANET is coordinated by the Carbolea Research Group at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Victor Teixeira da Silva, a researcher at DIBANET partner, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), for some time, became interested in the DIBANET project during the Summer School and Networking Event, organized by Prof.

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Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn

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Oyster is fitted with an 18m-wide oscillator based on fundamental research at Queen’s University Belfast led by Professor Trevor Whittaker. The oscillator is fitted with pistons and, when activated by wave action, pumps high-pressure water through a sub-sea pipeline to the shore. The Oyster prototype. Click to enlarge.

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UK study provides observational evidence linking ocean circulation to weather and decadal-scale climate change

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A new study by scientists from the University of Southampton and the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) suggests that the global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a number of decades. As a result, we expect the AMO is moving to a negative phase, which will result in cooler surface waters.

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What’s In It For Me?

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Because my mother’s father was an Irish Catholic bartender in Belfast, Northern Ireland before he moved to Hell’s Kitchen in New York City where he lived a life of depression, alcoholism and despair, all troubled people who struggle mentally and psychologically to get through each day are my family. .

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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as early as 2050 , according to a recent study by the National Security College of the Australian National University, in Canberra. Lidar sensors transmit laser pulses through the water to produce highly accurate 3D scans of objects. It may come. two methods offer. particular promise. Then again, it very well might not.