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Explained: What is a hydrogen internal combustion engine, and can it be a real alternative to battery EVs?
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Explained: What is a hydrogen internal combustion engine, and can it be a real alternative to battery EVs?

Toyota is pushing the pace on the development of hydrogen internal combustion engines for mass production, but how does it work and is it a feasible concept?

World's not ready to leave 'king coal' behind, transition to renewable energy sources have been slow
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World's not ready to leave 'king coal' behind, transition to renewable energy sources have been slow

Global economic recovery means coal demand is likely to surpass its 2019 level and retain its crown of being the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Use of clean hydrogen could lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions than coal
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Use of clean hydrogen could lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions than coal

While blue hydrogen does contain some emissions, the study notes that energy also is needed in the carbon-capture process hence provides no benefit.

Amazon's hydropower plant contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions
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Amazon's hydropower plant contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions

Indigenous and environmental groups protested the construction in 1990s but it was revived as an ROR plant in 2011.

Star formation peaked 8-10 billion years ago, declined due to exhaustion of atomic hydrogen: Study
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Star formation peaked 8-10 billion years ago, declined due to exhaustion of atomic hydrogen: Study

The team used the upgraded GMRT to measure atomic hydrogen content of galaxies seen as they were 8 billion years ago.

Countries race to develop clean-burning 'green hydrogen' to fuel carbon-neutral future
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Countries race to develop clean-burning 'green hydrogen' to fuel carbon-neutral future

Of the 76 gigawatts of production projects around the world that energy experts are tracking, 40 were announced in 2020.

IIT-Madras researchers find new eco-friendly way of producing hydrogen using sea-water
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IIT-Madras researchers find new eco-friendly way of producing hydrogen using sea-water

The new tech can use any water but since seawater is available in bulk, the researchers wanted to use it.

Water found on super-Earth planet, that orbits dwarf star, 110 light-years away
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Water found on super-Earth planet, that orbits dwarf star, 110 light-years away

There is hydrogen as well as Helium, Nitrogen and Methane may exist, but it can't be detected with any instrument.

Scientists find novel way to extract hydrogen from oil without releasing methane
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Scientists find novel way to extract hydrogen from oil without releasing methane

This tech could supply Canada with electricity for the next 330 years, without releasing any greenhouse gases.

Jet fuel and diesel can now be made from plastic bags, water bottles & daily waste
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Jet fuel and diesel can now be made from plastic bags, water bottles & daily waste

Scientists believe that farmers can use this technique to make diesel, to fuel their tractors, on their farms.

In a first, chemists design the 'perfect' reactor to synthesis pure hydrogen
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In a first, chemists design the 'perfect' reactor to synthesis pure hydrogen

The new reactor reduces the number of steps & the amount of hydrogen lost in conventional reactions.

Universe is constantly changing and evolving based on life and death of stars: Study
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Universe is constantly changing and evolving based on life and death of stars: Study

Most known elements – from light ones like hydrogen to heavy ones like lawrencium – start in stars.

China’s artificial Sun reaches fusion temperatures thrice that of the real Sun
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China’s artificial Sun reaches fusion temperatures thrice that of the real Sun

At 100 million °C, the reactor attained the minimum temperature needed for sustained nuclear fusion.

Earth's water a result of asteroid impacts and leftover gas from Sun's birth: Study
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Earth's water a result of asteroid impacts and leftover gas from Sun's birth: Study

The theory about Earth's water fits neatly into existing ones about formation of the Sun & planets.

Previously unknown molecular property of water proposed by US scientists
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Previously unknown molecular property of water proposed by US scientists

The study found that one of the arrangements led to significantly slower hops for OH than for H+ at four degrees Celsius.

NASA spacecraft shows how 'stolen' electrons enable rare aurora on Mars
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NASA spacecraft shows how 'stolen' electrons enable rare aurora on Mars

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft just reported a new type of Martian aurora — a very rare phenomenon anyway.

Researchers find a new approach for producing hydrogen gas which can be used to develop economical green fuel
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Researchers find a new approach for producing hydrogen gas which can be used to develop economical green fuel

Inspired by naturally occurring hydrogen processing in anaerobic bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and algae, chemists have been trying to design new catalysts

Cassini begins first of the five flyby over Saturn's atmosphere
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Cassini begins first of the five flyby over Saturn's atmosphere

Cassini will travelling around 1,600 Km above the gaseous clouds pf Saturn, allowing it to take direct sample of the gas present in the extended atmosphere.

Simple Tech: Fuel cells
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Simple Tech: Fuel cells

True zero emissions vehicles? You’ll need a fuel cell

Hyundai sets fuel cell land speed record
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Hyundai sets fuel cell land speed record

Hyundai's Tuscon Fuel cell, which is available in the US, set this record at the Soggy Dry Lake Bed in California - at 152.24kmph