Category Energy

Solar-powered hydrogen from rust

Yes, rust… Researchers in Switzerland have demonstrated more-efficient water-splitting solar cells based on a cheap, abundant, and long-lasting material: rust. The advance could lead to a cheap and energy-efficient way to generate hydrogen for fuel-cell vehicles using solar energy.

What to do about global warming

Worldchanging has an amazing piece about what we can do about global warming. Read the whole thing. First: This new design practice is more about discovery, than blue sky invention. Many of the answers we need already exist. A second…