Hydrogen power seemed all the rage for awhile, until we had to face the practical considerations of using it. Yes, it’s clean and abundant, but it’s also incredibly difficult to transport. One team may have accidentally found the key to jump starting this struggling economy, though; researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland made a chance discovery when they poured water on a new aluminum alloy. It began to give
Researchers create instant hydrogen from water and aluminum
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