May
17
A Self-Sustaining Fusion Reactor Plan
May 17, 2010 | 14 Comments
MIT physics professor Bruno Coppi will be the principal investigator for a new fusion reactor that could become the first such reactor to achieve ignition, the point where a fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining instead of requiring a constant input of energy. Coppi originated the design. Now it’s time for some “brain drain” from the U.S. […]
May
14
Another Better Electrolysis Catalyst
May 14, 2010 | 13 Comments
Daniel Nocera and his associates at MIT have found yet another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials that can efficiently catalyze the splitting of water molecules using electricity. Nocera is heading towards low volt electrolysis with research that could ultimately form the basis for new storage systems that would allow buildings to be […]
May
13
A Fusion Power Breakthrough
May 13, 2010 | 9 Comments
Noted physicist Dr. Franklin Felber leading a research team at Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque has taken a big step towards meeting two of the greatest technological challenges of pulsed power for fusion – current amplification and pulse compression. Fusion, particularly inertial confinement fusion, requires that tremendous power be concentrated almost instantaneously into the fuel. […]
May
12
A Big Oil Biomass to Fuel Effort
May 12, 2010 | 10 Comments
Shell, the Netherlands based international oil company has no less than three research teams collaborating and coordinating in an effort to get biomass made into transport fuels. From Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Shell Technology Centre in Amsterdam to the Shell Global Solutions (UK), Shell Technology Centre in Thornton UK and on to Shell Global […]
May
11
Lithium Air Battery Update
May 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
The perfect car battery will have to balance many different factors, it’s powerful, has endurance, isn’t too expensive and never, ever explodes. For now the lithium air battery is just equations in the notebooks of researchers. Don Hillebrand, who directs the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, was quoted at Climatewire saying, “Theoretically, […]
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