Tianwan -atom power plant by the coast of the yellow sea in China Xinhua/Alamy Chinese researchers have developed an extremely energy efficient and cheap technology to extract uranium from seawater, a potential blessing for the country’s nuclear power ambitions. China is currently leading the world to build new nuclear power plants and storing its utanium … Read more
Illustration of a nuclear fusion reactor Science Photo Library / Alamy Unlimited power from nuclear fusion can be one step closer to the unintended discovery of a new process to deliver isotope lithium-6, which is important to provide fuel for a sustainable fusion reactor. The least challenging fusion process involves combining two isotopes of hydrogen, … Read more
Pharmacy could be converted into hydrogen fuel Image Bitt/Shutterstock Hydrogen could be manufactured by agricultural waste during a new production process that uses less energy thhan’s existing methods and emits no greenhouse gases. The new process transforms bioethanol into pure hydrogen and acetic acid, a substance found in vinegar used in chemicals, foods and pharmaceutical … Read more