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Mining for Algae: Could Abandoned Mines Help Grow Biofuel?

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Missouri researchers aim to grow algae for biofuels in abandoned mines
Backers of algae-based biofuels tout the simplicity of their feedstock. Sunlight and water are all that’s needed to convert carbon dioxide into fuel.
Now, some scientists are testing the notion that sunlight might be optional.
Researchers at the Missouri University of Science and [...]

Converting Solar Light To Electricity: Silicon-free Photoelectric Module Integrates Easily

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A team of researchers at the Ikerlan-IK4 technological centre in Spain have made a laboratory-scale photoelectric panel which, apart from fulfilling the function of converting solar light into electricity, solves the problems of integratability and availability that current technology presents.
The installation of solar photoelectric panels  – capable of converting the sun’s [...]

Bacteria Power: Future For Clean Energy Lies In ‘Big Bang’ Of Evolution

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Amid mounting agreement that future clean, “carbon-neutral”, energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun’s light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, the cyanobacteria.
Dramatic progress has been made over the last decade understanding the fundamental reaction of photosynthesis that [...]