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Researchers team up algae and bacteria to boost hydrogen production

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A team from the University of Cordoba in Spain and the University of Tehran in Iran has been searching for ways to increase hydrogen production by using microorganisms, specifically microalgae and bacteria. This study is a proof of concept for the synergetic biohydrogen production in alga-bacteria co-cultures.

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

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The Oyster concept for transforming wave power to onshore electricity. Oyster is fitted with an 18m-wide oscillator based on fundamental research at Queen’s University Belfast led by Professor Trevor Whittaker. Onshore, conventional hydroelectric generators convert this high-pressure water into electrical energy.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Today, nearly 120 projects operate worldwide, and Spain claims more than a third of total installed capacity. Inside the tower, molten salts are heated to 565 °C and flow down into storage tanks, turning water into steam to drive turbines. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s. It's flexible.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Today, nearly 120 projects operate worldwide, and Spain claims more than a third of total installed capacity. Inside the tower, molten salts are heated to 565 °C and flow down into storage tanks, turning water into steam to drive turbines. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s. It's flexible.

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The Plan to Give the Moon Decent Wireless Coverage

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The proposed Lunar Crater Radio Telescope would turn a crater on the far side of the moon into a massive dish-shaped antenna to survey the universe, accumulating massive amounts of data that need to be sent back to Earth for analysis. Water can also, through electrolysis, provide hydrogen fuel for rockets. Italian aerospace company.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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Goh, Ufuk Topcu, and Avinash Balachandran from University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, Calif., We propose a prototype with special designs for propulsion and thruster configuration to cope with the vast differences in the fluid properties of water and air.

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