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  • Major discovery from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution - MIT News Office

    From the page: ""This is a major discovery with enormous implications for the future prosperity of humankind," said Barber, the Ernst Chain Professor of Biochemistry at Imperial College London. "The importance of their discovery cannot be overstated since it opens up the door... more

    Reviewed by Nopanacea Jul 31 2008, 09:09pm ( 89 reviews ) • mit.edu

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  • Rated by jiffypop22 on Sep 15, 11:27am

    Interesting. And certainly an important topic at this point in time. Truthfully, these are the types of articles I like to see floating around. There needs to be more attention placed on energy issues, and I always argue that human beings do surprisingly wonderful things/make surprisingly difficult discoveries when placed in tight situations. So, I do honestly think there has to be an efficient way to hone in on solar power, beyond the minimum that we use now. Taking cues from plants who live off of "solar power" seems like quite an intelligent concept. Curious to see what comes of this--a solar revolution would be great!

  • Rated by dolphinbliss on Aug 15, 3:25am

    Storing energy from the sun, for later use. From the page: "Inspired by the photosynthesis performed by plants, .. process that will allow the sun's energy to be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Later, the oxygen and hydrogen may be recombined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity to power your house or your electric car, day or night."

  • Reviewed by DavidJohns on Jul 03, 3:26am

    Inspired by the photosynthesis performed by plants, Nocera and Matthew Kanan, a postdoctoral fellow in Nocera's lab, have developed an unprecedented process that will allow the sun's energy to be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.

  • Rated by martinsikora on Jan 25 2009, 2:01pm

    as of yet we do not have a very efficient way of storing solar power, something that we need to improve fast to power not only homes, but cars and trucks too. Any step in that direction is ok in my book.

  • Rated by timethief on Jan 14 2009, 7:43pm

    From the page: "In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. "

  • Rated by snardfhat on Oct 31 2008, 7:16pm

    Maybe I oughta start tagging Nocera articles . . .

  • Reviewed by bamaG33K on Oct 30 2008, 4:59pm

    From the page: "Inspired by the photosynthesis performed by plants, Nocera and Matthew Kanan, a postdoctoral fellow in Nocera's lab, have developed an unprecedented process that will allow the sun's energy to be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Later, the oxygen and hydrogen may be recombined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity to power your house or your electric car, day or night."

  • Rated by jus42day on Sep 11 2008, 6:54pm

    Awesome!

  • Rated by Trippy-Hippie on Sep 06 2008, 7:00pm

    From the page: "Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system"