Environment
Sustainable development, your planet today, that of your children tomorrow
May 20, 2018You have just understood everything, and the awakening is difficult? These trees cut with frenzy, these seas tainted without qualms, these species exterminated without restraint, this atmosphere polluted continuously … In short, this Earth is yours exhausts while it is absolutely not what you want: sustainable development is an honest solution to stop – or at […]
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A promising artificial photosynthesis inspired by… a frog
May 19, 2018American engineers want to mimic plants and even do better than them by performing a very effective artificial photosynthesis, able to use solar energy to produce biofuels or capture carbon. Their secret? A curious foam inspired by a frog, in which photosynthesis is achieved by freeing itself from certain constraints of plants. The unexpected combination of a […]
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A biofuel directly produced by photosynthesis
May 19, 2018By cleverly modifying the workings of photosynthesis by bacteria, researchers have managed to make them make hydrogen gas. What transform these microorganisms into plants to make biofuel used in fuel cells. Operating diagram of a fuel cell. The molecular hydrogen produced during photosynthesis could be used as the main fuel. A fuel cell provides current from hydrogen and […]
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A microbial plant cell for the electricity of tomorrow?
May 19, 2018Live plants could be used for bioelectricity production! A prototype microbial cell has just been made, fed with glucose from the photosynthesis of a plant. The marshes or the rice fields of the globe could in this way become power plants, as well as our roofs! Marjolein Helder from the University of Wageningen (The Netherlands) and David Strik […]
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