Alternative Energies Update

Researchers discover how to use iron instead of platinum to create practical catalysts for fuel cells, which should dramatically reduce the cost of fuel cells:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22386/?a=f

Energy Storage Update

Inexplicably, superconducting has been found in iron-based compounds, igniting a new race to find low-temperature superconductors:

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/86/8642cover.html