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Tweaking Bacteria, Scientists Turn Sunlight Into Liquid Fuel

Description:
A few years ago, Daniel Nocera pioneered an "artificial leaf" that—just like the real thing—uses only the sun and water to produce energy. Although Toyota and others companies are making cars built to run on hydrogen, emitting only water vapor, filling up is a problem: Most gas stations are set up to serve liquid fuel.

Related Topics:
1. Energy is a physical quantity that follows precise natural laws.
2. Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow through the Earth system.
3. Biological processes depend on energy flow through the Earth system.

Associated Grade Levels:
3-45-67-89-1011-12Public

Related Sub-Topics

1.1 Energy is a quantity that is transferred from system to system.

1.5 Energy comes in different forms and can be divided into categories.

1.6 Chemical and nuclear reactions involve transfer and transformation of energy.

2.1 Earth constantly changes as energy flows through the system.

2.2 Sunlight, gravitational potential, decay of radioactive isotopes, and rotation of the Earth

2.4 Water plays a major role in the storage and transfer of energy in the Earth system.

3.1 The Sun is the major source of energy for organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part