Fuel cells: Illuminating deactivation

Illuminating Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells.

The malaria parasite undergoes a remarkable series of morphological transformations, which underpin its life in both human and mosquito hosts. The advent of molecular transfection technology coupled with the ability to introduce fluorescent reporter proteins that faithfully track and expose the activities of parasite proteins has revolutionized our view of parasite cell biology. The greatest in...

14 Illuminating Hidden Features of Stem Cells

The Effect of Cylinder Deactivation on the Performance Parameters of a Bi-fuel Engine

To meet consumer and legislation requirements, various technologies have been used worldwide to achieve optimal fuel consumption and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One of the proposed technologies is cylinder deactivation using various methods, including, injectors cutting off, closing the intake and exhaust valves and crankshaft decoupling. In this paper, a GT-Power model is created to in...

Fuel Processors for PEM Fuel Cells

Objectives • Demonstrate high performance desulfurizer, catalyst, micro-reactor and microcombustor/ microvaporizer concepts that will enable production of compact fuel processors for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells • Design, fabricate and evaluate a 1-kWe fuel-flexible fuel processor during the first 36 months (one of the fuels capable of being reformed will be EPA Phase II reformulat...

Microbial Fuel Cells

Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a promising technology for sustainable production of alternative energy and waste treatment. A microbial fuel cell transformation chemical energy in the chemical bonds in organic compounds to electrical energy through catalytic reactions of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. It has been known for many years that it is possible to generate electricity direc...