Science news articles about 'viable fuel'

... creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells. Described in a paper published ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have created long platinum nanowires that might soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells.

... from The Boeing Company, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and others, is leading an effort to develop a commercially viable, fuel cell-powered mobile lighting ...

... quest for efficient, cost-effective and commercially viable fuel cells, scientists at Cornell University ... that is too expensive to make fuel cells commercially viable. Fuel cells work by electrochemically ...

... on a ridged wafer much like a Ruffles potato chip could allow cheaper, commercially viable fuel cell catalysts. "The development of new ... , that is less expensive than platinum and of increasing interest as a fuel cell catalyst. Composed of molybdenum and sulfur ...

... of the genome of Nannochloropis gaditana, a marine algae that may be capable of producing the lipid yields necessary for a viable fuel source. "Getting the data is now ...

(Phys.org) -- It looks like a plastic candy wrapper that’s been charred on both sides, but it may hold the solution to commercially viable fuel cells. 

... to generate much of the nation's electricity for the next 20 years or more. While coal is an economically viable fuel, its environmental cost is high—in 2011 ...