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Humble sticky tape emits powerful X-rays

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Humble sticky tape emits powerful X-rays

Unwinding a roll of sticky tape produces bursts of X-rays - the energy could even be high enough to trigger nuclear fusion

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Nuclear energy to benefit if renewables fail

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Radar can finally tell a wind turbine from a plane

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Radar can finally tell a wind turbine from a plane

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Ion jelly could satisfy appetite for greener batteries

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Ion jelly could satisfy appetite for greener batteries

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US elections: Who will avert the energy crisis?

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US elections: Who will avert the energy crisis?

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Revamped lead-acid battery could slash cost of hybrids

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Revamped lead-acid battery could slash cost of hybrids

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Renewable energy: The tide is turning

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Renewable energy: Anywhere the wind blows

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Renewable energy: Dreams become reality

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India plans nuclear shopping spree after US green light

American firms can now sell nuclear reactors and fuel to India – just so long as the ban on bomb testing remains in place

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Editorial: How to run the world on renewables

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Renewable energy: Electric dreams

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Renewable energy: Power beneath our feet

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Newly discovered fungus strips pollutants from oil

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