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Chemistry World July 2, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	Urine turned into hydrogen fuel US researchers have developed an efficient way of producing hydrogen from urine - a feat that could not only fuel the cars of the future, but could also help clean up municipal wastewater.
Chemistry World April 14, 2013 Andy Extance	Split water splitting raises green hydrogen hopes UK scientists say that they have developed the first widely-useable electrolysis system that splits water and releases hydrogen and oxygen in separate stages.
Chemistry World November 7, 2013 Polly Wilson	Hydrogen adopts alkali metal position For the first time, scientists have shown that hydrogen can stand in for alkali metals in typical alkali metal structures.
Chemistry World August 15, 2012 Steve Down	Single catalyst for oxidation and reduction of water European scientists have developed a catalyst based on cobalt that generates hydrogen from water in a simple electrochemical process using low overpotentials, with the added bonus that it can also be used to produce oxygen after anodic equilibration.
Chemistry World November 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Fuel Cell Converts Waste to Power One problem with fuel cells is that they produce carbon monoxide, which can gum up the works. Researchers have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature.
Popular Mechanics August 1, 2008 Alex Hutchinson	Is MIT's Latest Solar 'Breakthrough' All Hype or a New Hope? MIT announced on Thursday afternoon a new method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, predicting that it will unleash a "solar revolution." And they're partly right.
Chemistry World January 12, 2014 Andy Extance	Rocket reactor forces space hydrogen rethink Scientists have pushed low-temperature experimentation and computational chemistry to their limits to better understand hydrogen fluoride, which astronomers use to study regions of space that are otherwise hard to image.
Chemistry World December 5, 2006 Michael Gross	Hydrogen Generation Mimics Photosynthesis Hydrogen is often touted as an environmentally-friendly fuel -- but the gas is only as clean as the method used to make it. Now, however, scientists have invented a solar-powered method for splitting water which they claim is the most efficient to date.
Chemistry World November 14, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Chemists claim metallic hydrogen creation first For over a century, scientists have said it should be possible to turn hydrogen into a metal. Now, a pair of chemists in Germany claim to have finally performed the feat, although others remain skeptical.
Chemistry World September 7, 2006 Tom Westgate	Molecular Framework Sucks up Hydrogen Researchers have now developed a coordination framework material that is the best yet in terms of hydrogen storage. However, the materials currently require low temperatures to achieve the high loading of hydrogen.
Chemistry World April 2, 2012 Jon Cartwright	Hydrogen That Mimics Graphene Researchers claim to have discovered a new phase of hydrogen in which the diatomic molecules break apart to form six-atom rings, similar to graphene. The new phase, which occurs at very high pressures, could be a stepping stone towards a long-sought after phase: metallic hydrogen.
Chemistry World April 20, 2015 Isobel Marr	Membrane-less electrolyser set to disrupt water splitting Researchers in Switzerland have side-stepped membrane-cost issues getting in the way of sustainable water-splitting by designing a device that does without a membrane.
Chemistry World November 19, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	Bayer to reduce cost of chlorine production German chemicals giant Bayer is commercialising a new way of making chlorine that it says uses 30 per cent less energy than current production methods.
Chemistry World October 2011	Fuelling the Future Fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat to battery and hybrid power in recent years. But hydrogen still holds promise in the long term.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Blood, Light, and Water Two molecules that occur naturally in blood have been engineered by scientists to use sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Chemistry World November 3, 2010 Andy Extance	Hydrogen bond set to be redefined The world authority on chemical nomenclature is preparing to scrap the familiar hydrogen bond definition, in light of recent evidence about its true nature.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Wise & Hutchinson	The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy.
Chemistry World March 17, 2015 Andy Extance	Reaction map suggests meteorite chemistry route to life UK chemists have found a reaction network that they believe shows that 'pretty much everyone' working on life's molecular origins is wrong -- but also 'right, in a sense'.
Chemistry World December 24, 2013 Charlie Quigg	Toilet purification system doubles as hydrogen fuel cell An electrolysis cell that couples energy storage with water purification and reuse has been developed as part of a wider project to make a self-sustaining toilet.
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Supercharging methanol for fuel cells Scientists in Germany and Italy have discovered a way to derive hydrogen gas from methanol at low temperatures and pressures using soluble ruthenium-based 'pincer' catalysts.
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries Chemists in Canada have used a carbon framework to form an electrode in lithium-sulfur batteries that results in charge capacities several times greater than standard lithium ion batteries.
Technology Research News June 15, 2005	Power Sources: Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Heat, Vibration and Fusion Summaries of how each of these power sources work to create energy.
Technology Research News January 15, 2003 Eric Smalley	Metal stores more hydrogen One reason the world isn't running on hydrogen fuel is that it's hard to store. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have made an accidental discovery that brings the promise of clean hydrogen energy a big step forward.
Science News May 15, 2004	Chem Demos The Chemistry Learning Center website at the University of Illinois offers tantalizing glimpses of methanol combustion, electrolysis of water, hydrogen ignition, the effect of liquid nitrogen on a rose, an ammonium dichromate volcano, and more.
Chemistry World February 11, 2011 Philippa Ross	Breakthrough for bacterial hydrogen production Scientists in China have developed a device that can produce hydrogen from organic materials using bacteria at temperatures below 25 degrees Celsius.
Chemistry World February 19, 2009 James Urquhart	Selective catalyst cracks direct peroxide production A team of UK and US scientists have shown how hydrogen peroxide - an industrially important disinfectant and environmentally-friendly oxidizing agent - can be made directly from oxygen and hydrogen.
Chemistry World November 16, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Tantalizing Boost for Hydrogen Storage US chemists have announced the discovery of a new hydrogen-storage material, which they say stores large amounts of the gas at room temperature.
Chemistry World October 22, 2015 Andrea Sella	Pregl's analysis tubes Fritz Pregl was an Austro-Hungarian chemist (1869 -- 1930), and developer of microanalysis.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003 Eric Smalley	Hydrogen storage eased The discovery of metal-organic frameworks promises to remove the principal stumbling block to hydrogen-powered cars, and the method could be ready for production use within five years.
Chemistry World July 4, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Why is silver deposition so fast? Researchers appear to have solved one of electrochemistry's more baffling mysteries: why it is that metal ions deposit onto an electrode at an apparently unfeasibly fast rate.
Technology Research News December 15, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Molecule Harvests Water's Hydrogen The key to producing clean hydrogen energy is finding a non-polluting method to extract pure hydrogen from its most abundant source, water. Researchers have developed a supramolecular complex that could be used in devices that use light energy to extract hydrogen from water.
Chemistry World June 26, 2015 Osman Mohamed	Single catalyst simplifies water splitting Scientists in Switzerland have shown that a nickel catalyst, capable of hydrogen evolution, can also stably generate oxygen at low overpotentials in alkaline solution.
Chemistry World March 28, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Cracking Water with Sunlight A power plant that makes hydrogen by splitting water with concentrated sunlight launches in Spain this month. It's a glimpse into a possible carbon-free future that uses solar-driven chemical reactions to produce the gas.
Chemistry World September 18, 2015 Dannielle Whittaker	Connecting electrodes with light illuminates electrochemistry Scientists in Australia have lit the path towards replacing wires in electrochemical devices by using visible light to create electrical currents on a stabilized silicon semiconductor electrode.
Chemistry World May 2009	The artificial leaf Using sunlight to split water molecules and form hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising tactics for kicking our carbon habit.
Chemistry World March 19, 2014 Jon Cartwright	Computer memory made from sugar cube The sugar-based metal -- organic framework infused with rubidium hydroxide can be switched between high and low resistance states, in a similar way to resistive random-access memory.
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Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Water spilt with aluminium Aluminium clusters' ability to split water molecules and release hydrogen is dictated by the geometric arrangement of active sites on their surface, US scientists have discovered.
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Chemistry World January 6, 2016 Jon Cartwright	Graphene sieves deuterium from hydrogen Materials composed of a single layer of atoms, such as graphene, can separate hydrogen and deuterium more effectively than almost any other process.
Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin	Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.
Chemistry World November 6, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists.
Chemistry World February 9, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Molecule mimics molybdenum catalyst Chemists in the US have created a molecule that closely resembles the key active portion of molybdenum disulfide, an important solid industrial catalyst that shows promise for the generation of hydrogen from water.
Chemistry World April 2008 Peter Wothers	The Big Experiment The lure of the large-scale chemistry experiment.
Chemistry World April 28, 2010 Mike Brown	Producing hydrogen from sea water A new catalyst that generates hydrogen from sea water has been developed by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Structure of hydrogen splitting enzyme revealed Scientists in Germany have brought the prospect of generating cheap electricity from hydrogen a step closer by taking a snapshot of an elusive enzyme that can split the gas as efficiently as a platinum catalyst.
Popular Mechanics July 3, 2008 Mike Allen	The Truth About Water-Powered Cars: Mechanic's Diary From a startup snagging headlines to DIYers posting plans, water-powered cars have been all over the Web recently -- not to mention stuffing my email inbox.