• Portable toilets run on biogas

    Portable toilets run on biogas
    Japan's largest sanitary ware company, TOTO, has launched portable toilets powered by biogas. This is part of a campaign to reduce the amount of CO2 emitted by toilets by 50% by
  • Turn urine into rocket fuel

    Turn urine into rocket fuel
    Scientists have discovered a bacterium that can turn ammonium, which is found in urine, into hydrazine - a fuel for propulsion.
  • Convert CO2 into carbon fuel

    Convert CO2 into carbon fuel
    The team of scientists led by Paul Kenis, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Illinois, USA, teamed up with Dioxide Materials researchers to
  • Manufacture of hydrogen storage equipment at room temperature

    Manufacture of hydrogen storage equipment at room temperature
    Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have found a new, less expensive way of storing volatile gases at room temperature in carbon materials.
  • Turns the paper into 'gasoline'

    Turns the paper into 'gasoline'
    Old newspapers that we throw away can become fuel for cars in the future, thanks to a newly discovered bacterium.
  • Next to laser energy

    Next to laser energy
    In the future fuel will become unnecessary for unmanned vehicles, because they can operate by laser, a US company claims.
  • Mysterious energy source from thermal energy battery

    Mysterious energy source from thermal energy battery
    An invention by British scientists can significantly reduce the energy needed for heating and cooking in households. However, its principle of operation and effectiveness is still
  • Gasoline production from sawdust and grass

    Gasoline production from sawdust and grass
    George Huber and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst are working on converting sawdust and grass into gasoline.
  • 3D Bio Cars for the future

    3D Bio Cars for the future
    The design team at Emergent in Los Angeles has developed a prototype car made up of a cartilage-like blend and a car that can produce bio-fuel from bio-algae.
  • The device converts solar energy into fuel

    The device converts solar energy into fuel
    US and Swiss scientists have successfully developed a machine capable of converting solar energy into fuel.