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Aluminum: a safe, economical, high energy density material for energy storage, transport and splitting water to make hydrogen on demand
30 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jerry M. Woodall
In 1968, a team lead by the author discovered that liquid gallium saturated with aluminum at room temperature would split water into hydrogen gas, alumina and heat. More recently his current team...
http://nanohub.org/resources/6568
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Energy and Nanoscience A More Perfect Union
29 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark A. Ratner
Huge problems of energy and sustainability confront the science/engineering community, mankind, and our planet. The energy problem comes in many dimensions, including supply, demand, conservation,...
http://nanohub.org/resources/6554
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How Chemical Engineers Will Save the World
26 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): William F. Banholzer
The world is facing massive challenges brought on by population growth, economic meltdowns, and environmental constraints. Scientific solutions are needed now more than ever. In this seminar, an...
http://nanohub.org/resources/6462
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Affordable Clean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities
20 Oct 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hukam C. Mongia
The technical presentation is built around the August 9th 2008 ABC News/Planet Green/Stanford Poll on Environment/Energy in which the majority of the people polled expressed support for the...
http://nanohub.org/resources/5575
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Lecture 24: The 4 Molecules of life
29 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
Atoms, Molecules, Macromolecules, you!Amino Acids, Sugars used as signals, Fatty Acids/Lipids
http://nanohub.org/resources/4479
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Renewable Energy from Synthetic Biology
25 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jay D. Keasling
Jay Keasling, Co-Leader of The Helios Project, is the Director of the Physical Biosciences Division at Berkeley Lab, and a groundbreaking researcher in the new scientific field of synthetic...
http://nanohub.org/resources/3297
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The Energy Problem: What the Helios Project Can Do About It
13 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steven Chu
Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu talks about the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He proposes an aggressive research...
http://nanohub.org/resources/2802
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Nanoscience at Work: Creating Energy from Sunlight
13 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): A. Paul Alivisatos
Professor Paul Alivisatos introduces the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He discusses how Helios Project...
http://nanohub.org/resources/2800