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A team led by William Chueh, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and Nicholas Melosh, an associate professor in the same department, has made a discovery that could make large-scale solar power storage a reality. The breakthrough is based on the fact that ordinary metal oxides, such as rust, can be fashioned into solar cells capable of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Inner-city deliveries in Austria may soon be powered by pollution-free fuel cell technology that is also being explored by ESA for satellites and robotic missions to Mars. Austrian transport specialist HET Engineering has designed a quiet, zero-emission vehicle for sensitive traffic areas. With technical assistance from the DLR German Aerospace Center, the company's Citylog EMF vehicles will be small enough to navigate narrow and congested street...

CES showstopper Intelligent Energy has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a major drone manufacturer to develop hydrogen fuel cell powered drones. The deal will see the two companies work together in the first quarter of 2016 to develop technological solutions to increase drone flight time. The goal is for the deal to lead to a formal commercial arrangement for the solutions’ rollout.

Grenoble Ecole de Management and Grenoble INP- Ense3, alongside Tenerrdis, the French leading energy cluster, and other leading actors including Air Liquide, CNR, General Electric and Think Smart Grids, are launching a new free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Beginning on March 14th, 2016, it will explore the new and upcoming technologies that may help solve some of the world’s biggest energy challenges.

Super skyscrapers which will dwarf the Shard, underwater bubble cities and hyper-flexible living spaces are all likely to be reality in 100 years’ time. That’s the verdict of a new study which paints a vivid picture of our future lives – suggesting the way we live, work and play will change beyond all recognition over the course of the next century.

Intelligent Energy, the fuel cell technology company, is delighted to announce that it has today signed a Joint Development Agreement with an emerging smartphone OEM with the goal to develop embedded fuel cell technology for the manufacturer’s devices. Once embedded, a fuel cell has the potential to keep a smartphone powered for more than a week without plugging into the wall socket.

For the first time, researchers at the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute have directly converted carbon dioxide from the air into methanol at relatively low temperatures. Prakash, Professor of Chemistry and Director, USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, commented: “We need to learn to manage carbon. That is the future."

Intelligent Energy has announced it has developed a prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell powered range extender for drones. The range extender offers longer flight time and fast re-fuel capabilities, addressing two of the biggest challenges for manufacturers of battery-powered drones.

Imagine a polymer with removable parts that can deliver something to the environment and then be chemically regenerated to function again. Or a polymer that can lift weights, contracting and expanding the way muscles do. These functions require polymers with both rigid and soft nano-sized compartments with extremely different properties that are organised in specific ways.

U.S. defence firm Boeing Co. has ventured into the energy storage business for its latest research and development project for the U.S. military. After nearly a year and a half in development, the company shipped the new fuel cell system to the U.S. Navy last week. Based on reversible solid oxide fuel cell technology, Boeing said its system stores energy by using power from renewable sources such as wind or solar to compress and store hydrogen.