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U.S., Iranian solar energy scientists convene at UCI

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Meeting provides a collegial counterpoint to stormy political environment. Janet Wilson, University Communications Weeks before an Iranian nuclear scientist was killed by a car bomb and WikiLeaks detailed neighboring nations’ fear of Iran’s warhead capabilities, a more peaceful event took place at UC Irvine. A dozen Iranian solar energy scientists met with their American counterparts for a two-day mid-November workshop at the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies...

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Sunshine and tap water? Finding a fuel for the future

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Susan Carpenter, Brand X Daily   “When I was a kid, they told us in the 21st century we’d have cars that fly. I don’t have a car that flies, but this is good enough for me.” –Jack Cusick, Clarity driver Imagine a world where all it took to power a car was sunshine and tap water. That isn’t a pipe dream but, rather, the reality of emerging technology that someday could turn your house into a personal, zero-emission gas station. It’s called a...

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UCI, others net $122 million for solar fuels research

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The team of California universities will form an Energy Innovation Hub. KRISTEN SCHOTT, OC Metro A team of California universities – including UC Irvine – has garnered a $122 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to form a consortium to find new ways to generate fuels from sunlight. The Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub will be led by the California Institute of Technology, in partnership with UCI, UC Santa Barbara, UC...

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Solar energy center aids product development

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UC Irvine scientists believe sunlight is the fuel of the future. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications UC Irvine scientists believe sunlight is the fuel of the future. UCI launched its Center for Solar Energy in 2007 with a $3.9 million gift from the California Community Foundation. The center, in the School of Physical Sciences, blends biology, chemistry, physics and engineering to find new, better ways to turn solar energy into useable chemical and electrical energy. Chemists...

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Kicking the oil habit

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Jennifer Fitzenberger and Jason Mednick, University Communications Can the U.S. cure its addiction to oil? To help wean the country from its petroleum habit, UC Irvine researchers have been working to find viable sources of alternative energy – from deep in the earth to the sun. Here, researchers Scott Samuelsen, Reg Penner and Derek Dunn-Rankin discuss their work on transforming solar power, fuel cells and coal into low-cost energy sources for the future. SCOTT SAMUELSEN: FUELING THE...

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