We're still waiting on the official word, but late yesterday The New York Times reported that the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Ceramatec, Inc. plan to reveal a breakthrough in hydrogen production research today.

According to sources in the article, the lab uses water heated to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit and a ceramic sieve from Ceramatec along with electrical current, and yields the "highest-known production rate of hydrogen by high-temperature electrolysis."

Read the full article from Extreme Tech: Breakthrough in Hydrogen Production for Fuel Cells

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