Boris Johnson’s plan to ramp up Britain’s reliance on hydrogen to heat homes faces concerns from experts who fear it ‘may not be viable,’ if rolled-out across the country – amid concerns fossil fuel companies are ‘overselling,’ the energy. The Prime Minister announced a 10-point ‘green industrial revolution, which he says will create 250,000 jobs … Read more
His Holiness’ hydrogen car: Toyota converts $80,000 fuel-cell Mirai into a Popemobile to be used by the supreme pontiff in Japan next month Toyota has converted a Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicles into a popemobile It has the traditional raised platform for the Pope to stand or sit in The hydrogen car has a range … Read more
A US automaker has just unveiled a new hydrogen-powered ‘supercar’ that can go more than 1,000 miles without needing to refuel. The XP-1 from Hyperion revs up from zero to 60mph in a staggering 2.2 seconds, its manufacturer claims, reaching a top speed of more than 221mph – and the only thing it emits is … Read more
Ever dream of driving rally cars through the world’s most exotic locations such as the Amazon rainforest, the deserts of Arabia or the mountains of Himalaya? What if the vehicle you drove was also kind to the planet? Well, in six months’ time, a new rally championship could make that a reality. Organisers behind Formula … Read more
A report this week that Britain alone will have 40 million electric vehicles on its roads in twenty years highlights why Tesla is now the world’s most valuable car company. A question still to be convincingly answered, though, is where the power to fuel mass adoption of electrical vehicles is going to come from. Increasingly, … Read more
A red glow at the centre of the Milky Way has been detected for the first time and it could help astronomers discover what powers the centre of our spiral galaxy. The red light shines out of an area known as the ‘Tilted Disk’ – named for its orientation – that sits in the central … Read more
Interstellar visitor Oumuamua may be a 900ft long hydrogen ICEBERG flying through space – and scientists say there could be more on the way Researchers looked at the properties shown by the 900ft Oumuamua visitor They found it was likely made of frozen hydrogen – something rare in nature This hydrogen iceberg could be the … Read more
Laboratory studies reveal microbes can live in extremely hostile environments such as 100 per cent hydrogen. This finding has implications in the search for extraterrestrial life and expands the amount of planets in which life could thrive to include those previously disregarded. Many planets have been found with an atmosphere made almost entirely of hydrogen, … Read more
A new porous metal material with a similar structure to bath sponge could be the key to storing more hydrogen gas in cars, scientists say. US researchers have created the aluminium-based sponge-like material for use in hydrogen fuel cells., Just one gram of the material has billions of holes, giving it a surface area of a … Read more
Teeth whitening products containing hydrogen peroxide can damage the tissue underneath and make them weaker Researchers studied teeth whitening strips and added to damaging evidence Real teeth were exposed to the bleaching agent and the underlying layer eroded Hydrogen peroxide – also used by dentists – is not tightly regulated, experts say By Vanessa Chalmers … Read more