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Power-Generating Artificial Leaf Moves Closer to Reality

Mimicking the highly efficient power-generation process of photosynthesis, an artificial leaf could change how the world gets energy. And new developments at MIT mean it could happen in the next few years.READ»

Tata, MIT Collaborate to Create Energy From Water, Bring Power to 3 Billion People

The Tata Group continues its quest to bring resources to low-income citizens by teaming up with MIT's Daniel Nocera, who's working on a energy-creation technique that mimics photosynthesis and is more efficient than today's solar panels (read: we could potentially power the entire world daily on a swimming pool's worth of water).READ»

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Solar Power Storage Enabled by Dirty Water

An MIT professor's solar power company is making inroads in India, with millions of dollars in financing from the Tata Group. His innovation involves converting solar power to hydrogen--with the help of water from "any source," including the sewer.READ»

Sun Catalytix Gets Funding to Search for Holy Grail: Freeing Hydrogen From Water

Plants miraculously create clean energy using only sunlight and water, and until recently, we've only been able to look on in envy. All our attempts to mimic photosynthesis have been expensive and energy intensive. But a new ...READ»