MIT: Teaching algae to make fuel
MIT: Teaching algae to make fuel
( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) Many kinds of algae and cyanobacteria, common water-dwelling microorganisms, are capable of using energy from sunlight to split water molecules and release hydrogen, which holds promise as a clean and carbon-free fuel for the future. One reason this approach hasn’t yet been harnessed for fuel production is that under ordinary circumstances, hydrogen …
Published May 24, 2011.
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