Oregon State researchers built a crystal that produces hydrogen from water using only sunlight.
No platinum. No iridium. No expensive metal catalyst.
The material, BVR-19, a metal-organic framework, absorbs light through its sulfur bonds.
When light hits it, a bond breaks. That energy drives the reaction that splits water.
It also forms spontaneously in a water-based solution at room temperature.
Most hydrogen production today relies on fossil fuels or rare metals.
This opens a route to solar hydrogen that doesn't depend on either.
Oregon State University. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Oct 10 2026.
Before jet engines...
they built monsters like this.
This is the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major
28 cylinders
4 rows
3,500 horsepower
All designed with pencil and paper.
And when it starts...
you can feel the entire building shake.
Mark Your Calendars !
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Don't forget to look up the planets will drift quietly across the sky, reminding us how beautifully the universe can align.
Scientists found that fungi constantly send bioelectrical signals through their mycelium, tiny messages moving through a living network.
Connecting those signals to a synthesizer, each pulse is turned into a musical note: mushrooms perform in real time.
"My battery is low and it's getting dark."
This was the final message from NASA Opportunity, sent to Mars for 90 days but wandered for nearly 15 years.
Its final transmission wasn't words, but fading data-summed up on Earth as "My battery is low and it's getting dark."
A poetic farewell from a rover that became more than a machine.
We will see you again my friend.