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Photocatalyst Cracks Water with Sunlight

Posted by michael on from the catalytic-cracking dept.

lonenut writes: "With fuel cell laptop batteries in the news lately, I thought this article on water-cracking photocatalysts would be good reading. A bit short on details, but apparently Zhigang Zou of the NIAIST in Tsukuba, Japan is working on a promising catalyst which creates hydrogen and oxygen from water and sunlight. I look forward to someday watering my laptop just like the houseplants."

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  1. So this is the article posted? And first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why not this one?

    ZDnet has a story about a contest with the Google search engine. 'The game starts by typing two words into Google's search bar, with the goal of obtaining a single result. The ultimate goal of a Googlewhacker: seeing the words "Results 1-1 of 1" appear in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.'

    I could have logged in but I didn't.

    -Metrollica