Penn State researchers use naturally occurring bacteria.

Purdue researchers develop technique by adding water to aluminium/gallium alloy.

Admittedly not much, but still ....

Engine HALE and hearty.

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But only 200 to be delivered in next three years, company says.

It seems like such a long time ago that we went to the loo, packed our lunches and set off on the road from oil dependency to a greener motoring future. So, are we nearly there yet?

Carbon capture and storage key to new system.

Fuel cell power technology seems to hold great promise. We ask what fuel cells would be like to live with.

A hydrogen car would have car enthusiasts excited, but the Riversimple urban car also has the tech community smiling; its detailed plans are totally open-source, making it the future Linux of automobiles

Store sunshine for a rainy day.

The reason why most plastics cant conduct electricity is because there are no free electrons available to produce a current. A typical polymer consists of a mass of long chain-like molecules (see The

No news on the flying model.

Now you see through it, now you don't.

A Toyota executive says lithium battery costs are hurting electric car development and names fuel cells as the way of the future, dismissing electric plug-in models entirely. Are Fuel cells really the way?

We look at the gadgets in the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace, and chat to director Marc Foster about the technology behind Bond (includes spoilers).

Internode managing director Simon Hackett has driven his Tesla Roadster into the record books, completing 501km on a single electric charge in the 2009 Global Green Challenge

Parents not concerned at antics of junior boffin.

New methanol model half the size of originals.

Bruce Willis thankfully not going.