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🧽 Solar-powered system produces green hydrogen directly from air moisture
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Solar-powered system produces green hydrogen directly from air moisture
A team led by Prof. Yin Huajie from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a solar-powered system that produces green hydrogen directly from atmospheric moisture without relying on external water or energy sources.

All the NASA s/c images of #3IATLAS shared today (and some more) can be found at https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/comet-3i-atlas-image-gallery/ now - including this spectrum from the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph on MAVEN taken on 28 September, showing hydrogen emitted from different sources, namely the comet (dim spot on the far left), hydrogen from Mars (bright emission on the right), and hydrogen flowing through our solar system between the planets (dim emission in the middle).

Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, which builds AI-based thermal infrared satellite tech to provide data for water resource management and more, raised a $60M Series B (Ingrid Lunden/Resilience Media)
https://resiliencemedia.co/hydrosat-rais…

Hydrosat raises $60M for its thermal satellite imaging tech
A startup building AI-based thermal infrared satellite technology to provide data for water resource management, public safety and defence applications

November 19, 2025 -- Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-19-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p56#a251120p56

#LB #HatarakuSaibou feelings.
https://organica.social/@thilth/115721091550841226

A breakthrough in green hydrogen just happened in South Australia. Sparc Hydrogen achieved sustained hydrogen production using only sunlight and water—no electrolyzers, no electricity grid needed.
Their photocatalytic process uses concentrated solar energy to split water directly. With green hydrogen markets projected to hit $1.4 trillion annually by 2050, this could be the scalability breakthrough the industry needs.

Sparc hits production milestone at hydrogen pilot plant in Australia
Fortescue-backed startup Sparc Hydrogen has begun producing green hydrogen directly from water using concentrated solar at what it describes as a “first-of-its-kind” pilot plant in South Australia.

Cutting-Edge Facility Generates Pure Water and Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater for Mere Pennies https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cutting-edge-facility-generates-pure-water-and-hydrogen-fuel-from-seawater-for-mere-pennies/

Cutting-Edge Facility Generates Pure Water and Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater for Mere Pennies
This new installation beats out previous flagship desalination plants in Saudi Arabia and California in terms of cost-effectiveness.

December 19, 2025 -- This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-19-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p17#a251220p17

OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT's characteristics, including how warm or enthusiastic it is, and its use of headers, lists, and emojis (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/848435/openai-chatgpt-characteris…

ChatGPT will now let you pick how nice it is
OpenAI is making it easier to edit emails with ChatGPT, too.

A breakthrough for renewable energy storage: Italian company GES has developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could reshape the grid.
It costs just €0.02 per kWh per cycle—dramatically undercutting lithium-ion—while lasting 10,000 cycles at 75% efficiency. Commercial rollout expected in 2027.

GES rolls out manganese-hydrogen battery with significant cost edge over lithium-ion
The Italian company said the manganese-hydrogen battery it has developed represents an advanced solution for long-duration energy storage. The technology enables energy to be stored for many hours or even days, overcoming the structural limitations of lithium-ion batteries.