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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a membrane-based extraction system for the production of biofuels which uses less than 25% of the energy of current processes and produces ten times more biofuel with more than 99.5% The open-access findings are published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Scientists create cheap and safe electro-catalysts for anion-exchange fuel cells

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In a study published in the Journal of Power Sources , the team from Surrey worked with colleagues from Queen Mary University of London to create low-cost carbon based electro-catalysts for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFC).

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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Following overnight increases in the 3-month nickel price earlier this week—with prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) up as much as 250% in two trading days above $100k per ton—the LME made the decision to suspend trading in the metal on 8 March. Trading had yet to resume as of 10 March.

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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

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Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, while addressing the World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul, stated that the outlook for oil supplies is “ increasingly worrying ”, due to a loss of $1 trillion ($1,000 billion) in investments last year. Qatar’s remaining fields are experiencing similar threats. Amin Nasser’s aim is to go beyond global oil markets.

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STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

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The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. Many are also difficult to handle in that they degrade rapidly in air.

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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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Ward and published in the London-based Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1958. Experience in the aluminum industry shows that it is actually fairly cheap to make the electrolysis device, Allanore said. Hoar and R.G.

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Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

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This is a major achievement, which is one more step toward developing cheap and robust technology to harvest solar energy as chemical fuel. ”.

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