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Environment

Japan steps up climate ambition with 2050 net zero emissions goal

The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action

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Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Technology

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Features

Pinwheels

Technology

Device can harvest wind energy from the breeze made when you walk

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Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

Technology

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

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Tiehm's buckwheat

Life

Rare plant may prevent the first lithium quarry in the US from opening

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blue flame

Physics

Blue whirl that consumes all fuel it encounters is three flames in one

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bricks and LED

Physics

Ordinary bricks laced with conductive fibres can store energy

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Perovskite solar cells

Technology

Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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Moore's law

Definition

Moore's law

Electrolyser

Environment

Europe wants to use hydrogen to slow climate change - will it work?

The European Commission is set to announce a new strategy to turn the universe’s most abundant element into a way for the EU to decarbonise polluting industries and transport

Analysis

Technology

Water-filled windows could keep your home cool and save energy

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Physics

Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence

Features

Technology

Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy

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Technology

Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

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