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energy

Environment

AI demand could drive up US electricity bills – even if it fizzles

A rush to build more energy infrastructure is driven in part by inflated estimates of US data centre growth. That means households and small businesses could face higher electricity bills – even if AI demand falters

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

Environment

Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Environment

Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2

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What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

Environment

What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

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Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Earth

The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift

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Space

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to totally transform astronomy

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WHA2R6 Frederic and Irene Joliet-Curie in their Paris Laboratory

Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

Culture

Environment

Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the lithium bottleneck

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Aerial view of Amsterdam in the Netherlands

Video

How will Amsterdam become a fully circular economy by 2050?

Amsterdam aims to become a  fully circular city by 2050, with a plan to halve new raw material use by 2030. 51¶¯Âþ explored projects leading this green shift.

Video

Earth

How captured carbon dioxide could help mine carbon-negative nickel

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Space

Physicists are waging a cosmic battle over the nature of dark energy

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Environment

China's CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

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Environment

A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mountain ranges

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