Scientists invent way to create 'endless energy'

The technique of “artificial photosynthesis” has been around for decades. However, scientists have not yet been able to develop it on an industrial scale. This technique requires a lot of expensive equipment and can cause environmental pollution.

Hydrogen is considered the fuel source of the future.

“Semi-artificial photosynthesis” is a relatively new field of research. It is a technique that can “imitate” algae to split water into Hydrogen and Oxygen by combining artificial technologies and biological processes.

In a recently published study, scientists from Cambridge University have found in algae an enzyme called Hydrogenase. This enzyme has the ability to convert water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. Hydrogen can become a fuel in the future, replacing fuel sources currently used such as coal, oil, etc. This discovery was published in the scientific journal Nature Energy on September 3.

Scientists have "imitated" algae to create Hydrogen.

“Hydrogenase is an enzyme found in algae that reduces H+ ions in water to hydrogen. However, during evolution, this enzyme became useless for algae because it is not necessary for life. We succeeded in reviving this enzyme so that it can produce hydrogen,” said Krogenzyna Sokól, lead author of the study.

This new technique has implications for future space travel.

With the ability to create an endless source of Hydrogen without too many complicated machines and without harming the environment. Scientists from Cambridge University have opened a new era in creating endless energy sources. This research is especially meaningful when fuel sources such as coal, oil, etc. are gradually depleted. This is also a very necessary technology for future space travel, when we can create Hydrogen as fuel for spacecraft and Oxygen to make oxygen for astronauts from available raw materials such as water.