Hydrogen-Powered Symbiotic Bacteria Found in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Mussels

Very interesting article.

The search for new energy sources to power humankind's increasing needs is currently a topic of immense interest. Hydrogen-powered fuel cells are considered one of the most promising clean energy alternatives. While intensive research efforts have gone into developing ways to harness hydrogen energy to fuel our everyday lives, a natural example of a living hydrogen-powered 'fuel cell' has gone unnoticed.

Source: Science Daily

2011 IChemE innovation and excellence awards

Quote from the IChemE group from linkedin.

Hello everybody
There is still time to enter the 2011 IChemE innovation and excellence awards...
The international awards are free to enter and reward and recognise both individual and team achievements in chemical, biochemical and process engineering across 14 different categories.
If you haven’t already done so, download your entry form now from http://www.icheme.org/awards .

All shortlisted entries are featured in tce magazine an on icheme.org and tcetoday.com.

Categories include energy, sustainable technology, water, bioprocessing, education and training, food and drink and many more.

For more information about the awards, visit

All shortlisted entries are featured in tce magazine an on icheme.org and tcetoday.com.

Categories include energy, sustainable technology, water, bioprocessing, education and training, food and drink and many more.
For more information about the awards, visit http://www.icheme.org/awards or contact me via Linked In or email me direct at: jsharp@icheme.org 

Green and sustainable conferences!

The 15th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference will be held in Washington from 21 to 23 June 2011, in partnership with the 5th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry.

Dead line for abstract submission ended on 6 March, but you can attend the conferences.
The program cover a broad range of topic and different industries.

You can find all the information on the ACS web.

SCF Thesis Awards!

Any student having defended a Ph.D. thesis before 31 December 2010 is invited to apply for thesis Award, granted by the International Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids, by submitting his (her) work to the I.S.A.S.F. jury.

The subject of the thesis must be closely related to the practice and/or theory of supercritical fluids (at least half of the work must be directly applicable to supercritical fluids).
A file in English must be submitted to the Society Secretary (brionne@ensic.inpl-nancy.fr) before end of June 2011. It shall include :

• The thesis title 
• Detailed Abstract summarizing all the information that may help the jury evaluation (two to three pages with the list of the pertinent publications already published or to be published) 
• Laboratory and supervisor names and address 
• Environment description : number of students and supervisors dealing with supercritical fluids in the team where the work was done 
• Duration of the work (number of months) 
• Applicant address.

The award will consist in a grant of Euro 800 and be attributed during the Meeting of The Hague (09-13 October 2011).