How Artificial Leaves Could Generate Clean Hydrogen 101
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from the leaving-well-enough-alone dept.
An anonymous reader writes "At Imperial College London, researchers have embarked on a £1m project to study, and eventually mimic, photosynthesis. Part of the 'artificial leaf' project involves working out exactly how leaves use sunlight to make useful molecules. The team then plans to build artificial systems that can do the same to generate clean fuels such as hydrogen and methanol. These would then be used in fuel cells to make electricity or to directly power super-clean vehicles."
FARK (Score:5, Insightful)
Not news. Fark.
I hereby announce that I am studying how bees fly. I plan on creating a bee suit to let 300 pound people fly.
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Re:Finally! (Score:3, Insightful)
> I thought we were talking about a feature missing in an FOSS package.
But aren't we?
AFAIK there's no reason any joe off the street can't go do photosynthesis research and post his findings. Funding and specialized advanced degrees are real nice to have, but they're technically not part of the scientific method.
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Re:Finally! (Score:2, Insightful)
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Finally, we know what stage 2 is!
Stage 1: (whatever)
Stage 2: Solve the mystery of photosynthesis, which has been baffling scientists for decades.
Stage 3: Profit!