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Waste plastic can be recycled into hydrogen fuel and graphene

Using waste plastic to produce a combination of hydrogen and graphene could make it profitable and greener to generate hydrogen as a fuel

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Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

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ORDOS, CHINA - JULY 7, 2023 - Citizens use photovoltaic energy from the roof of a shed to charge an electric vehicle at a public parking lot in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, July 7, 2023. Ordos City vigorously promotes the construction of photovoltaic power generation projects on the roofs of administrative institutions, government agencies, schools and public parking sheds. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

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How to reach net zero five times faster

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Back to the Future

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The 10 best time travel movies ever made, according to a metaphysicist

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Syndrome in The Incredibles

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Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

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Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies?

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Subatomic particles and atoms, conceptual illustration.

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A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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Chemistry

The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie

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The Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher (BEAR), a robotic laboratory

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Toughest known structure discovered by autonomous robot lab

A robotic laboratory that can run 50 experiments a day without human supervision has discovered the most energy-absorbing structure ever recorded, claim researchers

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Virus ‘nanobots’ can make harmful bacteria in food and drink glow

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The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, by a palaeontologist

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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