Sentences with phrase «fuel cell source»

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

Not exact matches

Not only are fuel cells an eco-friendly option because they release almost no emissions, but they are also a self - contained, efficient and reliable source of energy, independent of the electric grid.

Japan and Korea are global leaders in the use of fuel cells, an alternative low - emission clean energy source.

Toyota follows in the footsteps of Daimler AG and divests part of its shares in Tesla as the Japanese automaker looks to hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative power source.

As a result the ketogenic diet has become a popular approach for essentially starving cancer cells of their primary fuel source, glucose.

That makes nuclear fission look a bit more competitive, at least until the price comes down on solar, wind, biomass, fuel cell, and other, less controversial emissions - free energy sources.

For instance, she said that advanced fuel cell technology is of special interest in a country — and a continent — where underdeveloped infrastructure keeps some people from having «cost - effective, accessible, and easily deployed» energy sources.

Despite those limitations, the technique may soon find use in small power sources that rely on less persnickety fuel cells, Schmidt says.

Previously, researchers have produced hydrogen gas in microbial - powered, batterylike fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced by the bacteria with electrical energy from external sources — such as that obtained from renewable sources or burning fossil fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Instead, the Administration's plans for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2 emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently developed a working prototype for a portable fuel cell energy source that could power a cellular phone 300 percent longer than existing rechargeable batteries do.

Fuel Cells Electricity from any source, such as solar, wind and even coal, can be used to break up water molecules into their hydrogen and oxygen components in a device called an electrolyzer.

The bile - acid mimetics also triggered lipolysis, the first step in fat degradation, allowing the fat cells to use fatty acids as their main fuel source.

They also expect to develop large and inexpensive fuel cells for a power source of next - generation automotive.

Artificial muscles made with carbon nanotubes or a shape memory alloy can be designed to act as fuel cells, thus alleviating a need for a remote battery power source.

Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

In industry and commerce, applications range from food and fertilizer manufacture to crude oil cracking to utilization as an energy source in fuel cells.

To accomplish this deception biologically, Bartfai and Conti genetically engineered mice to overexpress uncoupling protein 2, which causes the mitochondria in cells to produce heat instead of ATP, the fuel source of cellular activity.

It could offer a convenient and portable source of hydrogen for fuel cells and other applications, potentially transforming the energy market and providing an alternative to batteries and liquid fuels.

A large of proportion of energy research aims to establish and optimize renewable sources such as photovoltaics, hydrogen fuel cells, biomass, and wind power, but energy research can also be about improving old technologies.

«We suspected the answer lay in the fact that certain cancer cells — which we call metabolically flexible — are able to switch their fuel source.

First, the researchers inhibited the tumour cell mitochondria, by restricting the cancer cells only to glucose as a fuel source; then, they took away their glucose, effectively starving the cancer cells to death.

Several states — including California, New York, and Connecticut — are rewriting their utility rules so individuals or companies can sell electricity (from a fuel cell or other private power source) back into the grid.

The plan is to match the basic electric - drive system with various recharging sources, including engines that burn gasoline, ethanol and biodiesel fuels as well as hydrogen fuel cells.

«The spill in the Gulf, which is just heartbreaking, only underscores the necessity of seeking alternative fuel sources,» President Obama said during a tour of Fremont, Calif. - based Solyndra, a thin - film solar cell manufacturer backed by a federal loan guarantee on May 26.

The most promising of these options include renewable sources of a variety of types, advanced fossil - fuel technologies that can capture and sequester carbon, and hydrogen - powered fuel cells for vehicle propulsion and dispersed electricity generation.

Of note, the current study is part of a recent surge in NYU Langone findings on pancreatic cancer, including studies on how first - responder cells turn off the immune response, the role of the drug nab - paclitaxel in tumor biology, cancer cells» unique fuel sources, and how immune cell infighting drives the disease.

If their power sources lasted longer and cost less, fuel cell vehicles could go mainstream faster.

Nagrath, who directs Rice's Laboratory for Systems Biology of Human Diseases, found that some cancer cells are capable of using these information packets as a source of energy to fuel tumor growth.

Inside the fuel cell, a catalyst generally made from platinum breaks apart the hydrogen and «releases» electrons that serve as energy sources.

Tumour cells prefer sugar as a fuel source, but some have more of a sweet tooth than others.

These arrays could have applications in fuel cells, and efficient energy sources.

The cells had defective mitochondria — cellular power stations — and depleted levels of ATP, which is their most important fuel source.

Some people feel extremely hungry and may experience sudden or unexplained weight loss because the cells of the body aren't getting the sugar they need as a fuel source.

When you're fasting your body uses fat as fuel and preserves muscle.Researchers from the National Institute of Aging theorized in 2003 that intermittent fasting helped trigger the SIRT1 gene, thought to both stimulate cells to release fat for use as an energy source and to deactivate the genes responsible for promoting fat storage.Other research conducted at the University of California at Berkeley indicate that this type of alternate day fasting can protect against diabetes and excessive weight gain.

If the immune cells themselves lack glutamine to make the necessary repairs, they will find another source in another place.Since we already concluded that the body's reserves of glutamine are found in your muscles, then your muscles will be the first thing being broken down when the immune system is in search of fuel.

The bacterial fermentation of resistant starch produces butyrate and other beneficial short - chain fatty acids (SCFA) that are an important fuel source for colonic cells.

It doesn't matter at all if they come from grains and carbohydrates (which raise the blood sugar, get stored as fat and wreak havoc on the body) or proteins (which are needed for important functions like cell repair) or fats (which are a much more dense and effective source of fuel).

Besides bringing glucose into all cells in the body, insulin also helps in the uptake of amino acids into muscle tissue, which in turn initiates protein synthesis, and prevents amino acids from being oxidized as a reserve fuel source.

Long - term exposure to environments that deplete sources of brain fuel from effectively getting into the cells leads to neurodegenerative diseases.

It's true that the cells in your body use «sugar» as a fuel source but it runs more efficiently on natural sources such as vegetables and fruits.

These are the building blocks for fats and are one of the fuel sources for energy in the cell.

And even with insufficient water balance, athletes have experienced boosts in aerobic endurance, as glutamine can act as a fuel source for cells.

Normally, your cells use glucose, or sugar, as their main source of fuel.

However, most of your cells can also use other fuel sources.

One prominent researcher, Dr. Mary Newport, discovered that coconut oil showed exceptional promise with regards to dementia and Alzheimer's prevention, as the medium - chain triglycerides found in coconut oil fuel certain brain cells that have a difficult time utilizing carbohydrates, the brain's main energy source.

However, the cells are slow to react to this new fuel source, and the person feels weak or lacking energy.

It occurs when there is limited access to glucose (blood sugar), which is the preferred fuel source for many cells in the body.

In the absence of an alternative fuel source, brain cells starve.