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Believe it or not, solar fuel may be on its way to commercial success. That is if all goes well for Sun Catalytix, a Boston-area solar startup which just announced funding from the reputable venture capital firm, Polaris Venture Partners. This unique concept, so-called solar fuel, is the brain child of MIT professor Daniel Nocera. His technology uses solar energy to power hydrogen fuel cells in a car. Nocera’s system works by placing an electrode in water containing phosphate and cobalt.

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Believe it or not, solar fuel may be on its way to commercial success. That is if all goes well for Sun Catalytix, a Boston-area solar startup which just announced funding from the reputable venture capital firm, Polaris Venture Partners. This unique concept, so-called solar fuel, is the brain child of MIT professor Daniel Nocera. His technology uses solar energy to power hydrogen fuel cells in a car. Nocera’s system works by placing an electrode in water containing phosphate and cobalt.

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Now that the spread of swine influenza has grown and the WHO has raised the pandemic alert level from 4 to 5 (a pandemic imminent, though not underway), it is important to include as part of your overall emergency preparedness a basic swine flu pandemic action plan . Not only is this a good idea for the short-term uncertainty of how the H1N1 virus will spread, but in general having emergency plans ready to go is a wise idea for all sorts of situations. In a previous post where I’ve been keep

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Chinese car companies are gearing up to take on the West, writes Andrew Heasley from the Shanghai Motor Show.

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One audacious idea about what to do about CO2 emissions: recycle the carbon by turning it into liquid hydrocarbon fuels.

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