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energy and fuels

Steam rises from an oil refinement facility. Two American flags are displayed in an industrial setting with many pipes, tanks, and buildings.

Environment

10 finance firms effectively own half of all future carbon emissions

An analysis of the 200 largest fossil fuel companies suggests that just 10 shareholders could influence the fate of nearly half of the world's remaining fossil fuels

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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.

Technology

Disposable paper battery is activated by a drop of tap water

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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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A view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining are seeking approval to once again extract coal

Environment

Cumbria coal mine should be a no go for new levelling up secretary

Comment

Illustration of a clock in a spiral

Physics

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

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Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

Society

Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

Comment

Deepwater disaster

Environment

Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

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Human brain scans

Health

Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

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A stock image of chromosomes

Health

Genetic errors cause most miscarriages, confirms largest study yet

After analysing the tissue of nearly 25,000 miscarriages, researchers found more than half were caused by randomly occurring chromosomal abnormalities, with many of the remaining losses probably being due to undetectable genetic errors

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Health

Changing US abortion laws could dangerously restrict miscarriage care

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Environment

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

Leader

Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Features

Environment

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

Features

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