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Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for solar-powered homes

A mixture of cement and fine charcoal can become a supercapacitor that could someday charge homes or electric vehicles

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Room temperature superconductors could be transformative for science

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Room-temperature superconductors: Here's everything you need to know

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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Room-temperature superconductor 'breakthrough' met with scepticism

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Indonesian vegetables tempura traditional recipe. City of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Asia. (Photo by: Mikel Bilbao/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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How to make perfect tempura at home

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Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist

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Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist

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Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

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Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects

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English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists

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The best new science fiction books of July 2023

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The best new science fiction books of July 2023

From George R. R. Martin’s new Wild Cards anthology to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's dystopian take on America, there is a wealth of exciting science fiction out this month. Culture editor Alison Flood shares the novels she is most anticipating

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Justin Cronin on writing a book with a "holy hell" moment in it

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Scandium superconducts at the highest temperature for a pure element

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How you can help save Britain's rivers by becoming a citizen scientist

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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

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