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Fusion power plant

Technology

UK takes step towards world's first nuclear fusion power station

The UK has embarked on a step to building the world’s first nuclear fusion power station, by launching a search for a 100-plus hectare site where it can be plugged into the electricity grid

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Satellite picture

Technology

Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan

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solar steriliser

Technology

Portable device uses solar power to sterilise medical equipment

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The UK's nuclear waste could be buried underground in Cumbria

Environment

The UK's nuclear waste could be buried underground in Cumbria

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Plasma in the original MAST tokamak

Physics

UK's spherical nuclear fusion reactor tests new heat-reducing exhaust

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Water storage tanks

Environment

Should Japan dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean?

Analysis

Plastic bottles

Technology

Microwaving plastic waste can generate clean hydrogen

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'Zero emissions' hydrogen plane test was part powered by fossil fuels

Environment

'Zero emissions' hydrogen plane test was part powered by fossil fuels

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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

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

Technology

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

Windows can be converted into solar panels by sandwiching nanoparticles between panes of glass – which could make them useful in cities where space for solar panels may be limited

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Technology

Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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Technology

Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

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Environment

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

Analysis

Physics

Taming nuclear fusion is hard, but there are new reasons for optimism

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