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Healing spark: Hack body electricity to replace drugs

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Healing spark: Hack body electricity to replace drugs

We're learning to speak the electrical language of the body – and using it to develop treatments for diseases from arthritis to diabetes

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Bright spark

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Spinning wind turbines spark clockwork lightning

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Spinning wind turbines spark clockwork lightning

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Physics

Fastest routes revealed by mimicking electrical flow

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Natural ball lightning probed for the first time

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Natural ball lightning probed for the first time

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Hydrogen fuel cell is new charger for mobile gadgets

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Hydrogen fuel cell is new charger for mobile gadgets

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Electricity use drops as UK passes 'peak light bulb'

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Collapsing backpack charges gadgets as you walk

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Electricity use drops as UK passes 'peak light bulb'

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Microbe steals neighbour's electricity to make methane

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Microbe steals neighbour's electricity to make methane

Wetland Methanosaeta microbes were thought to turn chemicals from other bugs into methane, but what they really seem to be after is a power source

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Pop music makes solar cells produce more electricity

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Ethiopia switches on Africa's largest wind farm

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Piggybacking on water

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New UK nuclear reactors get go-ahead after price deal

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