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Outdoor test on the River Cam (UK), in front of the Bridge of Sighs, St John?s College, during a cloudy day

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Floating artificial leaf converts energy from sunlight into fuel

A solar fuel cell that produces carbon monoxide and hydrogen is light enough to float on water, which could help address the shortage of land available for solar projects

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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

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T806G0 LLNL, National Ignition Facility Preamplifiers, 2012

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Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time

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Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

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Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

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W0MN5G This undated NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the galaxy IC 335 in front of a backdrop of distant galaxies. IC 335 is part of a galaxy group containing three other galaxies, and located in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster 60 million light-years away, December 30, 2014. As seen in this image, the disc of IC 335 appears edge-on from the vantage point of Earth. UPI/NASA

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Shredded dwarf galaxies may lack dark matter to hold them together

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Climate Activists Protest Congressional Baseball Game, Washington, d.c., United States - 28 Jul 2022

Environment

What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US carbon emissions?

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Photograph of a stencil-printed two-cell paper battery with a design that spells the name of the authors' research institution (Empa). The battery is running a liquid crystal display alarm clock. Credit: Alexandre Poulin.

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Disposable paper battery is activated by a drop of tap water

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula.

Space

Two smart books probe multiverses, dark matter – and sexual politics

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Air source heat pump installers

Environment

UK's slow heat pump efforts will take 600 years to meet 2050 target

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An image of the top PMT array, part of the Lux-Zeplin Lab in the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Physics

World's most sensitive dark matter detector tested for the first time

A brief test has proven that the new LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector is the most sensitive ever. It may be our best bet for finally finding dark matter particles

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Nuclear power can help us reach net zero, but what is its true cost?

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Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

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UK expects to produce more electricity than it needs by 2030

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Device that stores liquid sunshine could one day power your phone

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