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Dinosaur-inspired upgrades add bite to wind turbines

Siemens unveils three designs to boost the power of old turbine blades by tweaking their aerodynamics

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Earth

Will carbon capture clean up tar sands?

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Obama's 2025 car fuel efficiency goals are already in reach

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Obama's 2025 car fuel efficiency goals are already in reach

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Fracking could be combined with carbon capture plans

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Fracking could be combined with carbon capture plans

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US energy independence by 2020 is a pipe dream

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Waste water harnessed to make electricity and plastics

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Waste water harnessed to make electricity and plastics

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Even greener alternative: Energy from algae

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Even greener alternative: Energy from algae

Opinion

Can cold fusion research survive pioneer's death?

Technology

Can cold fusion research survive pioneer's death?

Opinion

Record haul of uranium harvested from seawater

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Record haul of uranium harvested from seawater

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Lowest US carbon emissions won't slow climate change

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Lowest US carbon emissions won't slow climate change

Many US power companies have dropped coal in favour of lower-carbon natural gas, but the coal is being burned elsewhere in the world

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We're still on the slippery slope to peak oil

Comment

Space

Space fuel crisis: NASA confronts the plutonium pinch

Features

Earth

Japan could become second biggest solar power nation

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Nuclear fuel rods removed from Japan's Fukushima plant

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