>From SLATE: Artificial "Leaf" Could Power a House Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they've developed an artificial leaf that produces energy ten times faster than natural photosynthesis. Thinner than a playing card and made from cheap materials, the leaf could create enough energy to heat one house for one day, says the Daily Mail. Although a scientist named John Turner created the first artificial energy producing leaf more than a decade ago, the MIT researchers' model is smaller, more powerful, and cheaper than Turner's template. Their success can be attributed to the recent discovery of several powerful, inexpensive catalysts made of nickel and cobalt. The Indian megafirm Tata Group has "forged a deal" with the lead researcher "to build a small power plant, the size of a refrigerator, in about a year and a half," writes Wired Science.
Read original story in The Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1370839/Scientists-Holy-Grail-science-mastermind-worlds-artificial-leaf.html ] | Monday, March 28, 2011 -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
