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Cleaner hydrogen fuel may soon become cheaper, say researchers
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (402+ words) Washington DC: Researchers have developed a durable new catalyst that produces clean hydrogen without relying on expensive platinum metals. The breakthrough could make renewable hydrogen fuel cheaper, more efficient, and easier to scale for real-world energy use. Renewable energy sources can…...
Scientists develop computational method to accelerate discovery of sunlight-to-fuel materials
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (588+ words) Washington DC: Scientists have developed a powerful new computational method that could accelerate the search for next-generation materials capable of turning sunlight into useful chemical energy. The work focuses on polyheptazine imides, a promising class of carbon nitride materials that absorb…...
Breakthrough Sodium-Ion Battery Research wins KPIT Shodh Award 2026
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (225+ words) Edex Live KPIT Technologies, a global partner to the automotive and mobility ecosystem focused on building a cleaner, smarter and safer world, declared the winners of the 7th edition of the KPIT Shodh Awards, recognising doctoral research contributing to some of…...
Researchers could aid drug discovery efforts
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (539+ words) New Delhi: Researchers have discovered a new chemical reaction, which spontaneously makes and breaks a sulphur-sulphur bond at room temperature, with possible application in drug development, protein science, biotechnology, and chemical and material science. The bond has so far been…...
INST scientists discover bacterial protein, opening path to green electronics
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (255+ words) Traditional semiconductor materials, such as silicon, are valuable technological tools; however, they also have limitations. They are rigid, require high-energy processing, and contribute to the growing problem of electronic waste. Thus, there is increasing demand for sustainable, soft, and biocompatible…...
Ancient African bedrock sheds light on life's violent origins on earth
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (771+ words) Wellingotn: You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine capable of roaming Earth during its remote geological past, perhaps even going right back to its…...