--- title: Gravitational Wave Detectors Turn to Quantum Mechanics description: Startups and researchers are racing to artificially produce hydrogen underground by fracturing iron-rich rock, triggering water-rock reactions that release the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gravitational-wave-detectors-turn-to-quantum-mechanics-z3qx4qafc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Gravitational Wave Detectors Turn to Quantum Mechanics | daily.dev og:description: Startups and researchers are racing to artificially produce hydrogen underground by fracturing iron-rich rock, triggering water-rock reactions that release the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gravitational-wave-detectors-turn-to-quantum-mechanics-z3qx4qafc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/z3QX4QaFc.png og:image:alt: Gravitational Wave Detectors Turn to Quantum Mechanics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Gravitational Wave Detectors Turn to Quantum Mechanics **[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Startups and researchers are racing to artificially produce hydrogen underground by fracturing iron-rich rock, triggering water-rock reactions that release the gas. Massachusetts-based Eden GeoPower uses pulsed electrical power (via custom Marx generators nicknamed Zeus and Thor) to fracture hard rock with plasma-induced shock waves, achieving up to fourfold increases in hydrogen yield in lab tests. Competing approaches from GeoKiln, Vema Hydrogen, and Koloma use underground heaters, catalysts, and carbon-dioxide injection respectively. ARPA-E awarded $20 million in 2024 to fund 16 teams pursuing stimulated geologic hydrogen, though commercial viability remains unproven and researchers say a combination of techniques will likely be needed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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